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NRA Members Seek To Be Heard in New York AG Case

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Up the Block, our website for Philadelphians affected by gun violence, is live. We invite you to visit the new site, offered in both English and Spanish,…

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From Personal Tragedy to a Public Memorial for Shooting Victims

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: After losing her son in a shooting, she planted a garden for healing. She hopes it will inspire reform. Following her son’s murder in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1998, Marlene Pratt left…

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The White House Unveils a New Domestic Terrorism Plan

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: The American Rescue Plan is officially funding gun violence prevention. The Oregon county that encompasses Portland is set to boost spending on gun violence prevention by millions of dollars in fiscal year…

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Gun Reform Groups Go After the Filibuster

What To Know Today Gun reform groups join the effort to kill the filibuster. The call is part of a new report, shared exclusively with The Trace ahead of its release later today, from the…

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Hope for Solutions After 2020’s ‘Perfect Storm’

What To Know Today Pandemic a “perfect storm” for gun violence, leading expert says. But there is hope. Shani Buggs, an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis, has been studying gun violence prevention as a public health…

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SCOTUS Pares Back Three-Strikes Gun Law

What To Know Today SCOTUS curbs the scope of a federal mandatory minimum gun law. In a 5-4 ruling cutting across the court’s ideological camps, the justices said that crimes of recklessness cannot constitute violent felonies under the Armed Career…

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Stopping Youth Violence Before It Starts

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Inside one Baltimore group’s effort to stop youth violence before it starts. In the last 15 years, 16- to 25-year-olds accounted for the largest share of Baltimore’s fatal shooting victims. Since 2019,…

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‘Bring Guns. It’s Now or Never’: Missed Capitol Warnings

What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: The many ways domestic violence foreshadows mass shootings. Perpetrators of some of the country’s deadliest shootings have had domestic violence charges, incidents, or allegations in their backgrounds. That includes the man…