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Baltimore’s Crime Plan Is Missing a Key Component: Community Buy-In

Facing record rates of violence, the city’s leaders are reviving focused deterrence, a crime prevention strategy that has failed there twice. Can they convince the community to give it another chance?

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2020 Will Be a Big Year for the Gun Issue

We asked 13 experts to help us get a jump on what's ahead.

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‘It Never Ends’: The Tree of Life Massacre and the Role of Guns in Hate Crimes

Again. The attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday morning left 11 people dead and six others injured. The shooter was the latest armed with an AR-15, as well as three handguns,…

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How to Keep Armed Militias Out of Your City

Experts on the militant far-right say state laws provide options, even when openly carried guns are permitted and communities are barred from setting their own firearm restrictions.

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What Now? Reporting on Gun Violence in America

Three reporters share their tips for covering the gun violence epidemic when mass shootings are not dominating the headlines. On March 20, just days before the historic March for Our Lives protests around the world, The Trace hosted a panel…

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No, the Gun Background Check System Doesn’t Wrongly Reject “Millions” of Buyers

The pro-gun, oft–debunked economist John Lott on Monday scored a coveted New York Times op-ed. He used the piece as the platform for a fringe contention that, if true, would qualify as front page news for the…

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An Expert on Political Violence Explains Why the NRA’s Ads Matter

Researcher Erin Kearns on the potential effects of the gun group’s latest video campaign.

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The Making of Donald Trump and the NRA’s Marriage of Convenience

How a potent odd couple came together, in 14 steps.