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Reporters moderated a virtual discussion with a Parkland survivor, the executive director of March For Our Lives, and ...
For our 10th anniversary, reporter Jennifer Mascia talks to editing fellow Tatyana Turner about how The Trace began — and the ...
In Nashville, a 19-year-old counterprotester pulled out a handgun while arguing with demonstrators at the Tennessee State ...
What we do know is that nearly 15 million firearms were produced for the U.S. market in 2023, according to figures reported to the ATF by gunmakers. That number can be used as a proxy for annual gun ...
OVW has funded programs to help survivors obtain court orders to temporarily remove guns from their abusers. But Jennifer Wagman, co-associate director of UCLA’s Center for Gender and Health Justice, ...
Make a gift to The Trace to keep our reporting on gun violence going strong. Our team, our mission, our partners, and more. Plus: How to contact us. In early November, Michael Smith was shot in the ...
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on February 7 in an apparent step toward fulfilling his campaign promises to roll back four years of gun reforms under his predecessor.. On the ...
I think one other important legacy for this office is showing what it looks like to maximize the implementation of the laws that we pass. I’m talking about the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the ...
The Business of Guns. Gun Sales Are Plummeting. Here’s Why. A Trace analysis found that Americans purchased 6.5 million fewer guns last year than in 2020, when the pandemic pushed demand for firearms ...
Your gift makes The Trace’s reporting possible. Be part of the solution. Our team is examining a decade's worth of data from the Gun Violence Archive for insights into one of the most devastating ...