At Least 526 People Were Shot in America over Thanksgiving Break
One victim was celebrating his 25th birthday on Bourbon Street. Another was a 2-month-old child fatally shot by her father in an Alaska hotel room.
Loaded Guns, Little Hands
In the last two years, nearly 300 children under the age of 13 have injured or killed someone with a firearm.
5 Eye-Opening Reads on Guns and Suicide
Journalism that informed The Trace's thinking about how firearms make a leading public health crisis worse.
Republicans Convene in a City Rattled by Gun Violence
An interactive map of shootings shows that near Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena alone, at least 23 people were hit by gunfire between June 2015 and June 2016.
5 Graphics That Make You See America’s Unrelenting Gun Problem in New Ways
Gun violence exacts a staggering toll on American society, wrecking lives and families, …
The Federal Background Check System Allowed Nearly 7,000 Domestic Abusers to Buy Guns
The same loophole allowed the Charleston shooter to purchase the weapon he used to kill nine worshippers last year.
Students Were Caught With Guns In School At Least 269 Times This Year
That’s more than once per school day.
That Time the NRA Tied the Tiananmen Square Massacre to American Gun Rights
Why Time and Newsweek refused to run the group's startling ad.
More Than 500 People Were Shot In America During the Week After Orlando
The massacre at Pulse nightclub was the beginning of a typically bloody week in the U.S.
The Orlando Victims Accounted for Less Than Half of the People Fatally Shot in America This Weekend
There were 121 gunshot fatalities in the U.S. on Saturday and Sunday.
The Compromises That Got One State’s Republicans to Increase Gun Protections for Domestic Violence Victims
Connecticut State House Minority Leader Themis Klarides talks about the tweaks that eased her opposition to a new law requiring alleged abusers to turn in their firearms.
Temporary Restraining Orders Can Set Off Alleged Abusers. But Only 16 States Make Them Hand Over Their Guns.
Most states wait for the outcome of a hearing on a permanent order before a firearms ban kicks in— a lag that can have deadly consequences.