Gun Policy

Virginia Gun Laws: The Big Changes Coming to the Old Dominion

Gun Policy

Virginia Gun Laws: The Big Changes Coming to the Old Dominion

What the commonwealth's reform package means for background checks, handgun limits, red flag orders, and more.

Jennifer Mascia, Champe Barton, and Tom Kutsch
Second Amendment Sanctuaries, Explained

Gun Policy

Second Amendment Sanctuaries, Explained

The wave of local resolutions to defy state and federal gun laws has reached more than 400 municipalities in 20 states.

Jennifer Mascia
2020 Will Be a Big Year for the Gun Issue

Analysis

2020 Will Be a Big Year for the Gun Issue

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

Team Trace
Congress Will Fund Gun Violence Research for First Time in Two Decades

Gun Policy

Congress Will Fund Gun Violence Research for First Time in Two Decades

House and Senate appropriators struck an agreement that will inject $25 million into studying a problem long obscured by a dearth of government-backed research.

Will Van Sant
Illinois Passed a Red Flag Law. A Coalition of Advocates Is Working to Ensure It’s Used.

Gun Policy

Illinois Passed a Red Flag Law. A Coalition of Advocates Is Working to Ensure It’s Used.

Just 41 gun seizure orders have been sought since the law was enacted in January. Campaigners hope publicity is the missing ingredient.

Champe Barton
Gun Reform Is on the Agenda. But Victims of Color Aren’t.

How We Fix This

Gun Reform Is on the Agenda. But Victims of Color Aren’t.

Priorities in Congress have given short shrift to community gun violence, activists say.

Champe Barton
Gun Violence Researchers Find Their Field at a Crossroads

How We Fix This

Gun Violence Researchers Find Their Field at a Crossroads

Private funding is attracting new scholars and new ideas, but scientists say federal dollars remain the missing ingredient.

Erin Schumaker
When Congress Returns, Will It Act on Guns? Here’s What to Watch For.

Gun Policy

When Congress Returns, Will It Act on Guns? Here’s What to Watch For.

A guide to the policies and players that could prove key in the gun violence debate.

Alex Yablon
San Diego Is Showing California How to Use Its Red Flag Law

Gun Policy

San Diego Is Showing California How to Use Its Red Flag Law

The city has used the law aggressively — and says it has prevented suicides and mass shootings.

Alain Stephens
California Red Flag Law May Have Prevented Mass Shootings There, Study Finds

Gun Policy

California Red Flag Law May Have Prevented Mass Shootings There, Study Finds

In nearly two dozen previously unreported cases, Californians have used the state’s gun violence restraining order process to seize guns from potential mass shooters, according to a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Previous studies have shown…

Alex Yablon
Diving Into the Data on Assault Weapons Bans

Gun Policy

Diving Into the Data on Assault Weapons Bans

Here’s some of what we know about how the laws have worked in the real world.

Alex Yablon
Texans Are More Supportive of Gun Reform Than You Might Think

Gun Policy

Texans Are More Supportive of Gun Reform Than You Might Think

But public sentiment has rarely translated into action in a state where Republicans dominate.

Alex Yablon
In Ohio, a Red Flag Bill Will Have to Surmount an Increasingly Pro-Gun Legislature

Gun Policy

In Ohio, a Red Flag Bill Will Have to Surmount an Increasingly Pro-Gun Legislature

Republican Governor Mike DeWine and his GOP predecessor both favored the civil gun seizure tool. After Dayton, there may be a new political window.

Alex Yablon
After El Paso, Texas Republicans Put the Focus on Mental Health. Experts Say That’s Misguided.

Gun Policy

After El Paso, Texas Republicans Put the Focus on Mental Health. Experts Say That’s Misguided.

Critics say blaming mass shootings on mental illness is a canard that distracts from real discussions about gun laws.

Alain Stephens and Jolie McCullough
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Texas Gun Laws

Gun Policy

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Texas Gun Laws

With lawmakers poised to revisit gun issues in the Lone Star State after the El Paso mass shooting, here’s a look at where things stand.

Alain Stephens and Riane Roldan

Gun Policy

Virginia Gun Laws: The Big Changes Coming to the Old Dominion

Second Amendment Sanctuaries, Explained

2020 Will Be a Big Year for the Gun Issue

Congress Will Fund Gun Violence Research for First Time in Two Decades

Illinois Passed a Red Flag Law. A Coalition of Advocates Is Working to Ensure It’s Used.

Gun Reform Is on the Agenda. But Victims of Color Aren’t.

Gun Violence Researchers Find Their Field at a Crossroads

When Congress Returns, Will It Act on Guns? Here’s What to Watch For.

San Diego Is Showing California How to Use Its Red Flag Law

California Red Flag Law May Have Prevented Mass Shootings There, Study Finds

Diving Into the Data on Assault Weapons Bans

Texans Are More Supportive of Gun Reform Than You Might Think

In Ohio, a Red Flag Bill Will Have to Surmount an Increasingly Pro-Gun Legislature

After El Paso, Texas Republicans Put the Focus on Mental Health. Experts Say That’s Misguided.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Texas Gun Laws