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The Business of Guns
Evidence that surfaced during a failed lawsuit in Florida raises questions about the reliability of the Axis II.
A new rule is designed to end years of ambiguity and allow law enforcement to crack down on unlicensed gun dealers.
A federal law protects American gun manufacturers against most lawsuits, but an appeals court has allowed Mexico’s case to move forward.
The surge in exports comes after the Israeli government loosened gun ownership requirements in response to the October 7 attack by Hamas.
Leaders in San Diego, Oakland, and San Francisco hope the effort will incentivize better practices across the gun industry.
Longform
Weapons-maker Byrna is touting "less lethal" guns for self-defense. Can the company find a market in a country dominated by gun lovers and gun haters?
The Gun Machine
In the fifth episode of The Gun Machine, we explore how and when police departments across the country began to stockpile their armories with high-powered weapons and gear.
To build a civilian firearms market, U.S. gun manufacturers pioneered myths about the American West that live on to this day.
In episode two of The Gun Machine, Alain Stephens explores the history of gun ownership in America — including the racist roots of the Second Amendment — and talks to Black gun owners about why they carry.
In the first episode of The Gun Machine, Alain Stephens tells the story of how, without the federal government, the gun industry as we know it might not exist at all.
Ask The Trace
Even without a federal law prohibiting firearm manufacturers from advertising, social networks and television providers have banned gun ads on their platforms. The industry has settled on more targeted methods to sell their products.
WBUR and The Trace bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class — about the firearms industry’s grip on our country.
Readers responded to our reporting on lawsuits against SIG Sauer with questions about when, exactly, the firearm industry's legal immunity kicks in.
The Industry
A new lawsuit claims 21-year-old Dalton Harrell was killed by his friend's P938 when it was dropped on the ground.
Ghost Guns
Less than a month after the ATF required serial numbers and background checks for "buy-build-shoot" kits, sellers have found a workaround.