| WASHINGTON
- June 19 - This morning, the
Violence Policy Center (VPC) learned that its Online Resource
Center web site, www.vpc.org, was
completely erased by a pro-gun
hacker who replaced the site with one featuring a bomb, skull and
crossbones, obscenities, and links to pro-gun web sites, including
the National Rifle Association.
The hacked web site states, "VPC just got shot in the head." The
VPC has reported this violation of federal law to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and Violence Policy Center Executive
Director Josh Sugarmann today released the following statement:
The complete destruction of the VPC's Online Resource Center web
site is the latest example of the extremism of the pro-gun fringe.
The web site, which was the leading source in the nation for
information on the gun lobby, gun industry, and gun death and
injury in America, was a resource for policymakers, activists, the
media, and the general public. This destruction of property and
erasure of information is a gauge of the fear and desperation of
pro-gunners and a measure of the lengths to which they will go.
Only fact-based information can counter the lies of the gun lobby.
The gun lobby promises us that their supporters are "law-abiding
citizens." This act of Internet terrorism proves that such claims
are hollow.
Copies of the home page of both the original and now-hacked VPC
web site are available from the VPC.
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The Violence Policy Center is a national nonprofit educational
organization working to reduce gun death and injury in America.
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