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The Trace’s Philadelphia bureau is part of our local journalism initiative, which seeks to cover gun violence at the community level with the full participation of those most affected by the crisis. We are doing that through a mix of stories and engagement journalism. Here, you’ll find coverage from Mensah M. Dean, a veteran Philly reporter who was recently a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his work at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and engagement reporter Afea Tucker, a native Philadelphian and longtime contributor to The Philadelphia Tribune.

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Three Gun Laws Are Stuck in Pennsylvania’s Senate. Could the Election Change Their Fate?

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.
Mensah M. Dean

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The Trace’s reporting in Philadelphia is a part of the Every Voice, Every Vote project and supported as well by the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, the Neubauer Family Foundation, and the William Penn Foundation. You can read more about The Trace’s Philadelphia supporters here, and read our editorial independence policy here.