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The Bruen Era
The Trace has compiled data on more than 1,600 challenges to gun laws since the landmark Bruen ruling in 2022 reshaped the right to bear arms.
The Industry
The lawsuit has renewed scrutiny on the gunmaker for alleged defects in its P320 pistol.
A Trace analysis of more than 1,600 rulings found that the Bruen decision has given judges remarkable leeway. The results have been starkly partisan.
Ghost Guns
Dale Sutherland once worked to get firearms off the streets of D.C. Now he helms a dark money operation for the gun rights groups that brought the suit over homemade firearms.
The justices are set to hear oral arguments in a challenge to the Biden administration’s ghost gun ban. If overturned, the ruling could have a chilling effect on federal regulators.
A Trace review of federal court cases found that several defendants have had similar charges tossed out since the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision dramatically expanded Second Amendment protections.
As The Trace launches a series about the court’s 2022 Bruen decision, we break down the ruling — and explain how it fundamentally changed our country’s approach to restricting guns.
The Trace reviewed more than 2,000 court cases that cited Bruen and found that no group has used the decision more often than people whose felony records bar them from possessing guns.
A pro-Second Amendment group sought to overturn the state’s restrictions on ammunition magazines. The case crumbled after the National Shooting Sports Foundation refused to allow scrutiny of its research.
Gun Policy
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 Business of Guns
The court’s rollback of the 40-year-old precedent could dilute the power of federal agencies — including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Elections
The president’s son faces three felony counts after allegedly lying on federal gun-buying forms. His trial is underway.
It’s unclear when the former president will be required to surrender any guns following his guilty verdict in New York. The situation underscores the lack of procedure for how recently convicted felons should relinquish their firearms.
Legal experts say the ruling could expand Second Amendment protections to the gun industry, imperiling a host of laws governing the manufacture and sale of firearms.
Philadelphia
Polymer80, the nation’s largest manufacturer of controversial ghost-gun kits, has been sued by a victim’s parents on the heels of settling lawsuits with three cities.
