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The Trajectory
Donna’s Law has proven one of the few areas of gun policy where Republicans and Democrats can agree. A Trace survey shows how many people have used it to temporarily suspend their own gun rights.
Chicago
Three Chicago leaders share their thoughts on the election — and how it could shape efforts to make their city safer.
Elections
The FBI thwarts dozens of domestic terror plots each year. The 900-page plan would upend that — with dire consequences for vulnerable groups.
Philadelphia
Proposals for a red flag law, expanded background checks, and ghost gun restrictions are stuck in the GOP-led upper chamber. The last time the state Legislature approved a gun safety law was 2018.
Gun Policy
Wyoming has the highest rate of gun suicide in the country. Lawmakers there, and in similarly afflicted states, have blocked red flag laws, which studies have found to be a useful preventative measure.
Community Violence
Markayla Roberts was shot six months ago. Her community has rallied for change, but they've met barriers at each turn.
Domestic Violence
The National Rifle Association once supported red flag gun laws, which are meant to protect people like Dawn Williams-Stewart, a staffer who was shot and killed by her husband.
A slew of federal agencies and departments announced moves to counter gun violence last week, in addition to a new executive order.
A new Trace analysis shows a decreasing percentage of Chicagoans survive gunfire. Researchers, experts, and community members say access to more lethal weapons and devices that make guns more dangerous are to blame.
Laws meant to keep firearms away from unstable people are under attack by Second Amendment radicals. An investigation by The Trace and Rolling Stone exposes the ugly campaign to undermine a bipartisan compromise to stop mass shootings.
An update to a major meta-analysis adds to our understanding of how some common firearm regulations may contribute to public safety.
How did an undercover cop-turned-evangelical pastor become the middleman for a dark-money scheme to take down the country's firearm regulations?
The legislation would speed up the process of removing firearms from alleged abusers, allow families to have cold homicide cases reinvestigated, and hold police accountable for sharing more data.
Two local gun owners are already challenging the city’s law.
In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court found that barring dangerous people from having guns is constitutional. It's the first major Second Amendment decision since establishing the history-and-tradition test in 2022.
