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Daily Bulletin
The Bruen case continues to reverberate with a big decision out of Texas.
What to Know Today New Orleans has the highest murder rate of any major city this year. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, a nonprofit group of…
What to Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: As midterms loom, right wingers are revving up the faithful with talk of religion and guns. After the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on August 9 as part of…
Data
Provisional CDC data shows the pandemic surge in firearms deaths isn't dropping.
Apprehensive kids and their parents were greeted by new security measures in Uvalde after a Labor Day weekend that saw at least 14 mass shootings.
Extremism
Some far-right groups use gun rights as an organizing principle, while others see firearms more as a means to an end, says one expert.
Law
The Bruen decision is reshaping gun laws across the U.S. — and propelling a series of court challenges to existing regulations.
Gun Policy
A gun regulation that's been shown to deter crime mirrors the rule overturned in Bruen.
Ask The Trace
We answer reader questions about how the landmark Bruen case will affect the public.
In striking down New York’s “good cause” permitting law, the justices set a precedent that may imperil licensing regimes in at least five other states.
What To Know Today Senate gun reform negotiations continue — slowly. It’s increasingly unlikely that the Senate will vote on a gun bill before the July 4 holiday, Chip Brownlee reports as part of his continuing coverage of the…
What To Know Today The latest on the congressional gun reform negotiations. Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas told CNN that two measures are holding senators back from reaching a deal before the July 4 holiday:…
A law intended to make shooters more vulnerable to police bullets would not prohibit the sale of plate armor, the governor confirmed.
Sorting fact from fiction around the popular semiautomatic weapon.
Fact-checking the 'good guys with guns' maxim.
