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What To Know Today How alcohol helps fuel New Mexico’s violence crisis. In a new seven-part series for New Mexico in Depth, reporter Ted Alcorn looks at the effect that alcohol is having in the state,…
What To Know Today Gavin Newsom to sign gun bill modeled after Texas abortion law. Months after first floating the idea, the Democratic governor of California is set on Friday to sign the bill that allows…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: Half of Americans think a civil war may be looming. That was one of the eye-opening findings of a new study from researchers at the University of California,…
What To Know Today Steve Dettelbach sworn in as ATF Director. “This agency and its aims are challenged as never before,” he said during his swearing in ceremony on Tuesday, adding that he was determined to…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: The real significance of the SCOTUS gun decision. The Bruen ruling to strike down a portion of New York State’s gun licensing law immediately imperiled restrictive public carry regulations in at…
What To Know Today ‘Systemic failures and egregious poor decision making’ undermined response in Uvalde. A 77-page report from a Texas House committee found that nearly 400 law enforcement officers — most of them federal or…
What To Know Today Recent rise in gun homicides concentrated in South-Central and Midwest states. That’s according to a new RAND study looking at gun-related homicides from 2006 through 2019. After a decades-long decline, homicides began rising again in…
What To Know Today A Texas background check law to screen for mental health hospitalizations has omitted juveniles. In 2009, Texas passed a law that would require the state to report court-ordered mental health hospitalizations to the federal gun background…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: How the SCOTUS Bruen decision affects New York gun laws. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the high court’s conservative majority voided the state’s…
What to Know Today A majority of gun owners favor several gun reforms — but not a ban on assault weapons. That’s from a new NPR/Ipsos survey finding support for universal background checks (84 percent), raising…
What To Know Today Senator Bob Menendez asks Wayne LaPierre to furnish details about the NRA’s School Shield program. Days after the Uvalde shooting, the NRA CEO spoke at the gun group’s convention about the effort “to help promote and…
What To Know Today Illinois is one of 19 states with a red flag law. It has used it sparingly. In 2019, the state enacted a law allowing concerned family members or the police to petition a court to temporarily…
What To Know Today A Uvalde police officer had the gunman in his sights before he entered Robb Elementary. The officer then asked permission to shoot but didn’t receive it, according to a new…
What To Know Today Highland Park shooter charged with seven counts of murder. The 21-year-old is accused of killing seven people and injuring more than three dozen others, ranging from ages 8 to 85. The shooting during a July 4th…
What To Know Today NEW from THE TRACE: What will the first federal gun reform law in three decades actually do? In a new analysis, Chip Brownlee focuses on three provisions in the recently passed bill that relate more directly…