"Did a quick search and saw he has fought racist and extremist I did not see where he was anti gun if so provide the links"
Dees definition of racist is always a white guy: The VPC never heard of a racist of any other color than white. The VPC is a bloated "civil rights" organization.
Here is the link:
http://www.vpc.org/Here is a piece of the VPC trash:
Threat of Handgun Ban Repeal Puts Lives of DC Residents in Supreme Court Balance
Washington, DC--Following today's announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the District of Columbia's decades-old handgun ban violates the Second Amendment, the Violence Policy Center released the following statement:
"The earlier split decision by the Court of Appeals to overturn the District of Columbia뭩 handgun ban was not only contrary to the overwhelming weight of legal authority, but would certainly increase gun death and injury among District residents while also increasing the risks faced by the law enforcement personnel who protect all residents and workers in Washington, DC.
"Washington, DC's ban on handguns in the home has long protected DC's residents as measured by the District of Columbia's firearm suicide and overall suicide rate. The District뭩 handgun ban provides compelling evidence of how strict gun laws save lives by keeping handguns out of homes. The District of Columbia ranks 51st (last) in the country for firearms suicide for 2004, the most recent year for which statistics are available. The District also ranks last for overall suicide. Maintaining the ban will ensure the health and safety of DC residents. [See
http://www.vpc.org/dcsuicide.htm for data on DC suicide rates compared to the 10 states with the highest suicide, gun suicide, and gun ownership rates, as well as a full ranking of all 50 states by their firearm suicide rates and overall suicide rates for the year 2004.]
"If the Court of Appeals ruling is affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, it will not only result in the deaths of District residents, but potentially lay the groundwork for literally every local, state, and federal gun law in America to be challenged: from the federal ban on gun possession by felons, to the ban on carrying guns onto airplanes, to the ban on the manufacture of fully automatic machine guns for civilian use."
According to the most recent data available from the National Center for Health Statistics:
The District뭩 firearm suicide rate of .90 per 100,000 residents is far below the national average of 5.7 per 100,00. Likewise, the District뭩 overall suicide rate is 5.95 per 100,000, compared to a national average of 11.05.
The District뭩 firearms suicide rate is a fraction of the rates experienced in states with high rates of gun ownership. In 2004 the 10 states with the highest firearms suicide rates were Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, West Virginia, New Mexico, Wyoming, Kentucky, Vermont, and Tennessee.
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The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury.
For Release:
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Contact:
Marty Langley
Violence Policy Center
(202) 822-8200 x109
