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Ask The Trace
We attempt to pin down a central — yet elusive — data point in the conversation around gun violence.
High-fatality shootings are becoming more frequent. A reader asks if the public spectacle could be making things worse.
Breaking down the weapon seized in connection with the deadly mass shooting at a California dance hall.
Laws to expand the technology's use have passed in three states and the District of Columbia. But some are questioning its effectiveness.
A reader’s question unearths some troubling trends.
Experts address a reader’s question on law enforcement exemptions in U.S. gun laws.
Sorting fact from fiction around the popular semiautomatic weapon.
Fact-checking the "good guys with guns" maxim.
After receiving several questions from readers, our Ask The Trace series examines militia groups, from the Constitution to the modern day.
A reader asks about a provision in the new Violence Against Women Act that requires the federal government to notify local officials when someone fails a background check.
San Jose, California, just became the first city to mandate gun liability policies. But will they work as advertised?
A reader's question prompts an exploration into the hurdles reporters face when trying to obtain gun trace information.
Texas has tried to sidestep legal challenges to its abortion ban by relying on citizens for enforcement. A reader wonders whether the same tactic could be used to restrict firearms.
More than half of all firearm deaths are self-inflicted. A reader's question touches on a fault line in the nation's conversation about guns.
A reader wants to know if a person concerned about their own mental health can voluntarily flag themselves in the federal background check database.
