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The Business of Guns
Breaking down the technology, the legality, and the ideology of a growing movement.
After major social media platforms cracked down, makers of largely unregulated firearms flocked to Keybase. Now they must find a new home.
Year in Review
Happy holidays, Bulletin readers. While The Trace’s regular newsletter service is on pause until January 4, here’s a rundown of the numbers that may stand out when the story of guns and gun violence in 2020 is entered into the…
Gun Policy
Several financial firms have cut ties with gun companies, but this unusual move might require them to change tack.
Politics
Republican control of the Senate would stymie the new administration's most ambitious gun policy proposals, but still leaves several paths for reform.
Daily Bulletin
WHAT TO KNOW THE DAY AFTER Big spending from gun reform and gun rights groups. We reported that the National Rifle Association spent $23 million on federal races — less than half of the record-shattering total…
WHAT TO KNOW ON ELECTION DAY Putting the threat of voter intimidation in context. More than 100 million people have already cast early ballots in person or by mail, largely without incident, and millions more across…
Election 2020
Early in his career, Biden said gun regulation was ineffective. Several decades — and one notorious crime bill — later, he's pushing the most expansive reform platform in history.
Widespread concern about voter intimidation has state officials girding for the worst, even as experts say that fears are likely overblown.
Coronavirus & Guns
2020 is on pace to have the most mass shootings since the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive started tracking them. In their wake, anti-violence activists say the lack of public outpouring feels familiar: “Nobody cares about us.”
Lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey won hundreds of thousands of dollars for clients injured by faulty handguns.
How We Fix This
Birmingham has one of the country’s highest rates of fatal shootings. The defund movement has reinvigorated grassroots efforts to drive down violence.
Law Enforcement
New research on officers killed and injured in shootings shows a dangerous profession — but not one that’s getting riskier.
Law
Expansive self-defense statutes create a tangled web of rules that make it increasingly difficult to prosecute people for flashing guns.
