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Gun Trafficking
The decision marks a major setback for Mexico’s yearslong effort to stop the American gun industry from allegedly stoking cartel violence.
The Bruen Era
A 2022 Supreme Court decision that gun laws should align with the nation’s “history and tradition” has sown confusion in courtrooms and weakened longstanding limits on firearms.
The Business of Guns
Experts disagree about the consequences of bringing forced reset triggers — devices similar to auto sears and bump stocks — back to the market.
The court’s refusal of a Minnesota case effectively requires the state to start accepting applications from young adults to carry concealed guns.
Law
After the president sought to punish Paul Weiss, references to its pioneering work on firearms disappeared from the law firm’s website. Gun safety advocates fear a retreat.
Ghost Guns
The decision clears the way for federal authorities to continue restricting the sale of kits for assembling untraceable weapons at home — at least for now.
Great Lakes
The vast majority of shooting victims are Black. Surviving families and local activists say the state's attorney isn't taking on enough cases.
During oral arguments on March 4, the Supreme Court appeared skeptical of Mexico’s allegations that American gunmakers had fueled cartel violence. The justices’ decision could doom the case.
The January 30 ruling is the latest in a series of divergent opinions on age restrictions for guns. Experts say the split means the justices are likely to intervene.
Extremism
The Trace analyzed the court records of some 1,500 clemency-eligible defendants to find an answer.
Gun Policy
And the cop-turned-pastor at the center of it all.
The Trace has compiled data on more than 2,000 challenges to gun laws since the landmark Bruen ruling in 2022 reshaped the right to bear arms.
The Industry
The lawsuit has renewed scrutiny on the gunmaker for alleged defects in its P320 pistol.
A Trace analysis of more than 1,600 rulings found that the Bruen decision has given judges remarkable leeway. The results have been starkly partisan.
Dale Sutherland once worked to get firearms off the streets of D.C. Now he helms a dark money operation for the gun rights groups that brought the suit over homemade firearms.
