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Jennifer Mascia is a news writer at The Trace. She previously covered gun violence for The New York Times.
Politics
John Lott has a mysterious new federal job that may allow him to shape the crime data that is released to the public.
Despite an alleged plot to storm the state Capitol in Michigan, firearms are still allowed there, and in seven other legislatures. We spoke to lawmakers trying to rid their workplaces of guns.
Daily Bulletin
WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Experts say the destabilizing effects of the pandemic are behind the rise in homicides. Criminologists and residents in cities across the country tell The New York Times that the destabilizing fallout from…
Election 2020
The pandemic made the gathering of signatures risky, thwarting reform efforts in Ohio, Oregon, and Oklahoma.
How We Fix This
With shootings on the rise, a promising model for preventing retaliatory gun violence has been disrupted by pandemic precautions.
Evidence suggests that a less aggressive approach can reduce police shootings, so cities are experimenting with new models.
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.”
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY New police shootings stoke protests. Police officers responding to reports of a man with a knife in Lafayette, Louisiana,…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY To win the suburbs, Democrats lean into gun control. This week’s Democratic National Convention included a seeming paradox: Its primetime speakers included…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Sandy Hook families fear Remington bankruptcy will moot their lawsuit against the gunmaker. A federal bankruptcy judge is due to decide next…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY A former NRA executive has written an exposé about the gun group, calling it “rife with fraud and corruption.” Josh Powell, once…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY 7 things to know about the NRA’s web of financial misconduct. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced earlier this month that…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Cincinnati joins the 2020 list of cities with multiple mass shootings in a single day. In all, during a 90-minute span early…
Receive this daily news briefing by email every morning. Sign up here. WHAT TO KNOW TODAY Congressional Dems probe role of ex-gun industry lobbyist in repeal of silencer sales ban. Earlier this month, the Trump administration…
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