Josh Sugarmann

Josh Sugarmann is executive director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC), which he has headed since founding it in 1988. Prior to establishing the VPC, Mr. Sugarmann was a press officer in the national office of Amnesty International USA and the communications director for the National Coalition to Ban Handguns. Mr. Sugarmann's articles and op-eds have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Rolling...See more

Josh Sugarmann is executive director of the Violence Policy Center (VPC), which he has headed since founding it in 1988. Prior to establishing the VPC, Mr. Sugarmann was a press officer in the national office of Amnesty International USA and the communications director for the National Coalition to Ban Handguns. Mr. Sugarmann's articles and op-eds have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, The Nation, and Washington Monthly. He is also the author of Every Handgun is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns, published by The New Press in 2001. See less