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How We Fix This
After a two-decade freeze on federal funding, the CDC and NIH are backing dozens of studies examining gun use and access. But researchers say that the field has a lot of catching up to do.
Analysis
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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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,…
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.
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…
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…
Why the National Rifle Association broke so prominently with its practice of not meddling in Republican primaries is the $1,112,316 (give or take) question following Luther Strange’s thumping in the Alabama runoff on Tuesday.
An analysis of how nine California newspapers cover gun violence found that mass shootings and possible legislative responses to those relatively rare tragedies overwhelmingly drove coverage of the issue at the outlets. That focus crowds out reporting on everyday…
Researcher Erin Kearns on the potential effects of the gun group’s latest video campaign.
How a potent odd couple came together, in 14 steps.
