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Firearms are one of the country’s most potent political symbols — and one of its most divisive. When an issue becomes as contentious as the debate over guns, it also becomes deeply difficult to unravel. 

The Trace was launched nearly a decade ago to fill the information gap around gun violence and policy. Our work is based on respectfully dispelling myth from fact, making clear what gun violence really looks like in the United States. To help create a better understanding of the issue, we have to know what’s missing.

That’s why, after a yearlong hiatus, we’ve decided to relaunch…