The Trace spoke to a Yale law professor about the strengths and weaknesses of the Justice Department’s proposal.

“People are going to continue to keep purchasing guns,” said Smith, a life coach with Chicago CRED, a violence prevention ...

Interpersonal violence and self-directed violence have long been treated as separate public health issues, but the two are more connected than previously understood, according to the findings of a new ...

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 ...

Ghost Guns They Planned to Start a Race War. DIY Gun Kits Allowed Them to Build an Arsenal. The arrest of a white supremacist cell before the Richmond gun rally shows how extremist motives are ...

The Military Has Strict Gun Policies. How Did the Fort Stewart Shooting Happen? Despite rules regarding carrying personal weapons, the perpetrator of the August 6 shooting was still able to bring his ...

Inside Philadelphia’s Evening Resource Centers for Youth In some places with curfew laws, officials have introduced centers where kids caught in violation can go if they don’t want to go home. Here’s ...

Anaconda, Montana, is the type of small town in America that’s easy to recognize. A writer for a local lifestyle magazine called it “the sort of place where scenes from Norman Rockwell play out behind ...

Missing Pieces Law Enforcement’s Lost and Stolen Gun Problem An investigation by The Trace shows that police departments’ uneven storage rules have put deadly weapons into the hands of criminals.

National Rifle Association The NRA Is Taking Credit For the Background Check System It Tried to Sink The group did champion the point-of-sale system we have now — but only because it hoped that ...

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 ...

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 ...