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Gun Policy
Just 41 gun seizure orders have been sought since the law was enacted in January. Campaigners hope publicity is the missing ingredient.
How We Fix This
Priorities in Congress have given short shrift to community gun violence, activists say.
Private funding is attracting new scholars and new ideas, but scientists say federal dollars remain the missing ingredient.
A guide to the policies and players that could prove key in the gun violence debate.
The city has used the law aggressively — and says it has prevented suicides and mass shootings.
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…
Here’s some of what we know about how the laws have worked in the real world.
But public sentiment has rarely translated into action in a state where Republicans dominate.
Republican Governor Mike DeWine and his GOP predecessor both favored the civil gun seizure tool. After Dayton, there may be a new political window.
Critics say blaming mass shootings on mental illness is a canard that distracts from real discussions about 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.
It’s natural to feel sad, scared, and angry in the wake of mass shootings like in El Paso and Dayton. But there is still cause to be hopeful. Here’s a collection of past Trace articles examining promising strategies for reducing shootings…
Election 2020
We polled every campaign on an array of gun policies. Here’s what they said.
A group of House and Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced a bill to encourage states to adopt “permit-to-purchase” laws for handguns, which would require that buyers first have a license from law enforcement before legally obtaining firearms. “Handgun licensing saves…
The majority of gun owners support the sale of smart guns — but few will actually spend money on the weapons. That’s the main finding of a new survey of more than 1,500 gun owners from the Johns Hopkins…
