Mass Shooting

Mass Shooting

After the Tops Shooting, Residents of Buffalo’s East Side Hoped for Reinvestment. They’re Still Waiting.

The tragedy, in which 10 Black people were killed, was a missed opportunity to confront the legacy of segregation, community members say.

Gun Policy

As More Politicians Lose Friends and Family to Gun Violence, Will It Change How They Govern?

The governor of Tennessee lost a friend to a shooting, joining the majority of Americans who have been affected by gun violence. He responded by signing an executive order.

Mass Shooting

‘He Has a Battle Rifle’: Police Feared Uvalde Gunman’s AR-15

In previously unreleased interviews, initial responders to the Robb Elementary shooting said the shooter’s rifle drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team, which took more than an hour.

Ask The Trace

Are Mass Shootings Contagious?

High-fatality shootings are becoming more frequent. A reader asks if the public spectacle could be making things worse.

Ask The Trace

The Monterey Park Shooter Had an ‘Assault Pistol.’ What Does That Mean?

Breaking down the weapon seized in connection with the deadly mass shooting at a California dance hall.

Gun Policy

They Lost Their Kids at Sandy Hook 10 Years Ago. Their Fight Is for Life.

The Newtown parents who waded into the gun control debate in 2012 have been a key political force ever since.

Gun Policy

In Colorado Springs, Local Officials Resisted the State’s Red Flag Law

El Paso County, the site of the mass shooting at Club Q, is one of at least 37 Colorado counties that have declared themselves a “Second Amendment sanctuary” and openly defied the state's gun laws.

Gun Policy

New York Banned Body Armor. But Not the Kind Used by the Buffalo Shooter.

A law intended to make shooters more vulnerable to police bullets would not prohibit the sale of plate armor, the governor confirmed.

Mass Shooting

How the Far Right Took Control of Texas’ Response to Mass Shootings

The “God-given right” to self-defense has become a rallying cry in Texas politics, further cementing gun ownership as a holy cause and political identity. The state’s Republican leadership has spent decades carrying the banner.

Data

Uvalde Is a Horrific Outlier. But Kids Still Bear the Brunt of Our Gun Violence.

Five ways the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school brings into focus the contours of an American crisis.

Mass Shooting

Family Remembrances for the Uvalde Victims

Alexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio, 10 “My beautiful, smart, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio was recognized today for All-A honor roll,” her mom, Kimberly Mata-Rubio, wrote on Facebook. “She also received the good citizen award. We told her we loved her and would…

Mass Shooting

The Buffalo and Uvalde Gunmen Bought Their Rifles Legally at 18

Teenagers in 44 states can buy semiautomatic rifles.

Mass Shooting

‘The Saddest Day in the History of Uvalde’

An 18-year-old suspect fatally shot at least 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in the Texas town west of San Antonio.

Extremism

The Buffalo Shooting Suspect Once Threatened a Mass Shooting. Why Wasn’t He Disarmed?

New York has a red flag law, but it wasn’t invoked.

Mass Shooting

The Sacramento Mass Shooting Likely Involved a Converted Machine Gun, Officials Say

As The Trace and VICE News have reported, guns modified with automatic conversion devices have gained popularity throughout the country.