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Community Violence
With voters desperate to reduce shootings, three of the campaign’s black front-runners are embracing aggressive law enforcement tactics that could perpetuate racial disparities.
Gun Policy
Gun violence activists are assembling a multi-state effort to reverse policies they say put people of color at risk.
Laws that impose liability on adults who allow kids to access their weapons are among the most effective gun policies, according to a landmark RAND review.
How We Fix This
Other moves by Richmond lawmakers have garnered more attention, but the money may have broader impact.
The Trump administration has implemented new export rules for American small arms, ammunition, and gun parts — a major victory for the American gun industry, which has lobbied for the change for more than a decade. The new rules,…
As open carry becomes more popular for gun rights supporters, questions swirl about First Amendment protections for unarmed demonstrators.
The proposal addresses drawbacks to a similar state law that were first reported by The Trace.
Since Parkland, more than a dozen states have passed bills allowing law enforcement and family members to remove firearms from at-risk people.
What the commonwealth's reform package means for background checks, handgun limits, red flag orders, and more.
The wave of local resolutions to defy state and federal gun laws has reached more than 400 municipalities in 20 states.
Analysis
We asked 13 experts to help us get a jump on what's ahead.
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.
Just 41 gun seizure orders have been sought since the law was enacted in January. Campaigners hope publicity is the missing ingredient.
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.
