More than 1,000 people died in murder-suicides in America in 2025. Ninety-two percent of the killers were male, 87 percent of the killers used a gun, and 65 percent involved an intimate partner, according to the ninth edition of the Violence Policy Center (VPC) study American Roulette: Murder-Suicide in the United States. Among the findings:
As you probably already know, the U.S. Department of Justice this month filed two lawsuits in Colorado—one against the City of Denver and one against the State—targeting an assault weapons ban and a high-capacity magazine ban, respectively. The AW ban was passed in Denver in 1989, and the state high-capacity magazine ban passed in 2013.
The 2026 Colorado Legislature adjourned last Wednesday, after another strong year for gun violence prevention advocates. Eight bills were passed this year, tying last year’s record, and three have already been signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis. SB26-004, Expand List of Petitioners for ERPO, was arguably the biggest GVP ‘win’ this year. It became
