Coronavirus & Guns Mass Shootings Are Soaring, With Black Neighborhoods Hit Hardest 2020 is on pace to have the most mass shootings since the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive started tracking them. In ...

Federal law doesn’t require background checks on private gun sales, but 20 states have expanded background checks. There’s perhaps no policy more central to the gun debate in the United States than ...

Ask The Trace Do Gun Regulations Equal Fewer Shootings? Lessons From New England Gun rights advocates often point to low rates of shootings in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to argue that you don’t ...

Health officials are intensifying their criticism of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act’’ that was signed into law by President Donald Trump this month, warning that the bill will have compounding ...

The Business of Guns The Demise — and Rebirth — of a Notorious Nevada Gunmaker Facing multiple lawsuits, Jimenez Arms declared bankruptcy earlier this year. Now it's starting anew.

Law Enforcement The ‘Warrior Cop’ Is a Toxic Mentality. And a Lucrative Industry. Police are paying firms that preach extreme vigilance and deadly force.

A Democrat with an ‘A’ Grade from the NRA? There’s One Left. At the same time, 94 percent of Republican candidates remain in the group's good graces.

Suicide 10 Essential Facts About Guns and Suicide More than two-thirds of all gun deaths are self-inflicted.

What Is the Future of March For Our Lives? The gun violence prevention organization is downsizing while facing money and legal troubles.

Ask The Trace The Gun Industry Makes Billions. But How Many Exactly? It's hard to estimate since it's made up of dozens of public and private companies. In this edition of Ask The Trace, we attempt an ...

Chicago Chicago Still Isn’t the Murder Capital of America Last year was the city's bloodiest in decades. But others continue to record higher homicide rates — and the hardest hit neighborhoods are ...

Red Flag Laws Research Indicates That Red Flag Laws Work — But Only If People Know About Them The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act incentivized states to implement extreme risk protection orders, and ...