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What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: What do guns mean to extremists? Guns and extremism have long been intertwined in America, but radical groups are not monoliths. Some view gun rights as central to their ideology, while others…
What To Know Today New York unveils new requirements, sensitive place restrictions on guns in public. The rules, which went into effect on Thursday, are the result of a new state law amending public carry requirements.
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Shooting survivors shouldn’t pay their own medical bills. In a new commentary, Professor Hugh Gusterson of the University of British Columbia shares a proposal to defray gun-violence survivors’…
What To Know Today The characteristics of New Jersey’s ~1.5M people living in armed households. An annual representative survey on guns from the state-funded New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center at the Rutgers School of Public…
What To Know Today Racial and gender diversity of police officers reduces fear among Black Americans, study finds. Two years after the police murder of George Floyd, a team of researchers led by Professor Justin Pickett at the University at…
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A new survey finds that support for strengthening gun laws and protecting the Second Amendment aren’t mutually exclusive.
What To Know Today How do Californians feel about using their red flag law? Researchers at UC Davis analyzed state survey data and court records from the first three years after the law went into effect in 2016. They…
What To Know Today Youth arrests for violent crimes declined again in 2020. That’s according to a new report from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs that looked at the data for people under 18. It found…
What To Know Today The ATF’s new ghost gun rule goes into effect today. The regulations require that parts used to manufacture ghost guns are serialized and that purchasers undergo a background check. On Tuesday, a…
What To Know Today 4 in 10 Americans think it’s at least somewhat likely they will be a victim of gun violence in the next five years. That’s one of several takeaways in a new survey…
What To Know Today It now takes 12 to 14 days for the ATF to perform a trace on a crime gun. The record time comes amid the pandemic shooting spike, ATF staff attrition, and increasing…
What To Know Today A scorecard for community violence intervention. The Black-led Community Justice Action Fund, a violence prevention group that has pushed the White House for greater federal support for such efforts, released a new report looking at…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Congress approved millions for gun violence prevention. Will it reach grassroots groups? In May 2021, the Biden administration said states and cities could use…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Ghost gun dealers race to offload inventory ahead of new federal rules. Under new ATF regulations that will go into effect on August 24, all parts used to…
What To Know Today Chicago police not may not be fully deployed where shootings are most likely to occur. The University of Chicago Crime Lab looked at historic shooting data and police vehicle GPS information between June 2020 and February…
