The Sandy Hook Nonprofit Fighting Shootings by Fostering More Inclusive Schools
Seven years after the shooting in Newtown, more than 11,000 schools have adopted a student support program developed by Sandy Hook Promise.
News and notes on guns in America
Advocates Push California City to Adopt Program That Pays People Who Don’t Shoot
Fresno's mayor vetoed Advance Peace, citing a lack of evidence. But new research shows its potential for reducing gun violence.
A Guide to Every Known Investigation of the NRA
New York Attorney General Letitia James has expanded her probe into the gun group.
What Makes a Gun a Ghost Gun?
Everything you need to know about the homemade, untraceable firearms that are increasingly turning up at crime scenes.
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Most Shooters Go Free in Chicago’s Most Violent Neighborhoods — While Police Make Non-Stop Drug Arrests
An analysis of city data finds disparities in how the police pursue criminal offenses between white and non-white neighborhoods. “They’ll get a person for marijuana before they’ll get a person for murder.”
‘Everything That You’re Feeling Is Okay’
Las Vegas's death investigators witnessed the atrocities of the Route 91 shooting, then had to grapple with the difficult task of healing themselves.
The Art of Surviving
Isolated by their gunshot injuries, members of a resilient New York City artists’ collective are forging new identities through poetry, music, and design.
SCOTUS Is Hearing Its First Big Gun Case in 9 Years. Here’s How It Might Play Out.
A constitutional scholar explains the challenge to a New York City gun restriction — and its potential to affect the right to bear arms more broadly.
Since Parkland: The Hardest Stories to Tell
Every fatal shooting of a child is heartbreaking. But when The Trace worked with more than 200 student journalists to memorialize 1,200 kids killed by guns, some of the stories in our Since Parkland project felt incomplete. This is our effort to fix that.
Officials Confirm Santa Clarita Shooter Used a Ghost Gun
The perpetrator’s handgun was assembled from parts available for purchase without a background check.
Despite His Criminal Record, Cody Wilson Is Back in the 3D-Printed Gun Business
After an international manhunt, Wilson pleaded guilty to a felony in Texas court. But the particulars of his deal left him in a legal gray area that allows him to own and work with firearms.
NRA Moves to Hide Nuggets From Wayne LaPierre’s Deposition
In a filing, Ackerman McQueen had suggested that testimony by the NRA leader contradicted the gun group’s legal claims.
Will Lori Lightfoot Be the Mayor to Finally Solve Chicago’s Gun Violence Problem?
Advocates believe the city is primed for a more effective approach to shootings. Now, they are waiting to see whether the new administration will deliver.
Secrecy, Self-Dealing, and Greed at the NRA
The organization’s leadership is focused on external threats, but the real crisis is of its own making.