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Gun Policy
The devices were banned after the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. The SCOTUS decision puts them back in civilian hands.
The Business of Guns
A new rule is designed to end years of ambiguity and allow law enforcement to crack down on unlicensed gun dealers.
Concealed Carry
Lawmakers had been racing to extend the prohibition before it expired on March 8.
Lawmakers wanted to help more victims by defining “mass shootings,” but they came up short.
Maryland is among the states looking to follow California in taxing the gun industry to support hospitals, violence intervention programs, and services for victims of gun violence.
A small bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to renew a prohibition on guns that could slip through metal detectors. They don't have much time.
Background Checks
Congress has made dozens of attempts to narrow the so-called gun show loophole since establishing the background check system. Most of those efforts have failed.
Some characteristics of the February 11 shooting at the Houston megachurch set it apart, while others highlight gaps that have allowed several shooters to acquire guns.
Elections
With gun reforms stalled in Congress, several states are looking to tighten their gun laws through ballot initiatives this November.
This year, the high court will weigh a law designed to protect domestic violence victims, a Trump-era ban on machine gun conversion devices, and the free speech rights of the gun industry.
Ask The Trace
Gun rights advocates often point to low rates of shootings in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to argue that you don’t need strong gun laws to keep violence in check. Here’s what the data actually reveals.
The Trajectory
In the final Trajectory of 2023, reporter Chip Brownlee takes stock of the most encouraging developments on our beat.
To mark the anniversary of the 1993 Brady Bill, The Trace charted the evolving landscape of gun purchasing and gun violence.
The Gun Machine
In February 2008, reporter Alain Stephens's father took his own life with a firearm. In the final episode of The Gun Machine, Stephens meets with others who lost loved ones to guns — and tries to make sense of the senseless.
The state has high rates of gun ownership, yet mass shootings were virtually unheard of — until now.
