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Over the past year, 162 children under 13 shot themselves or another child with an unsecured gun.
Concealed Carry
In the past decade, nearly two dozen states have repealed laws requiring a permit to carry concealed handguns.
Community Violence
Between 2011 and 2021, the overall firearm death rate in rural counties was nearly 40 percent higher than in urban counterparts.
A 2019 Trace partnership with THE CITY and Measure of America found that shooting victims in the borough were more likely to die than anywhere else in the city.
Data
A new CDC report adds detail to the well-documented increase in gun violence since early 2020.
We attempt to pin down a central — yet elusive — data point in the conversation around gun violence.
Ten years. 370,000 shootings. How has gun violence marked your corner of the country?
2022 in Review
This year showed that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us.
Off Target
New data suggests inspectors have cracked down after the Biden administration asked the agency to implement a “zero tolerance” policy on lawbreaking gun dealers last June.
A new survey explores Gen Z's perception of gun violence and its effect on their daily lives.
Provisional CDC data shows the pandemic surge in firearms deaths isn't dropping.
Decades of data on statewide gun ownership and violence show sales spiked during the pandemic, and again after the mass shooting in Uvalde.
Fact-checking the "good guys with guns" maxim.
Five ways the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school brings into focus the contours of an American crisis.
Incidents involving armed motorists are far deadlier than they were five years ago, our analysis reveals.