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The answer’s complicated.
A reader asks whether strict gun laws reduce killings by intimate partners. Experts say yes, but some laws are more effective than others.
A seemingly simple reader question about military-style rifles exposes disputed definitions and gaping holes in government record-keeping.
Last month, we introduced you to Ask The Trace, a special project driven by the curiosity of readers. We asked you to pose the questions that would top your list if you were assigning stories in our newsroom. The…
Is there something that just doesn’t make sense to you when it comes to guns and gun violence in America? A statistic you’ve been searching for, but haven’t been able to locate? Are you curious about the stories behind the…
