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Mass Shooting
After the Newtown massacre, Cerberus Capital Management pledged to sell off the Freedom Group. But some of the firm's executives never got out of the gun business.
Community Violence
The deadliest incidents understandably generate the most intense interest. Meanwhile, the everyday gun violence that plagues some communities goes overlooked.
The latest news on the victims, suspects and weapons used in the massacre that killed 14 and injured 21.
Commentary
Seven indelible images of people evacuating the scenes of shooting rampages.
The AR-15s used by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik had been illegally modified.
As we learn more about the married shooters and their victims, here are some of the big things to watch in this developing story.
Active Shooting
The latest updates on the situation unfolding in California.
Data
Firearms have claimed 95 percent of the lives lost to terrorism in the United States over the last 14 years.
As we learn more about the shooting in Colorado Springs, here are the developments The Trace is watching.
A police officer is among the dead, and five other officers were wounded.
That's according to the Mass Shooting Tracker's definition. According to the FBI, there were none.
More than half of the recovered guns had been purchased by the shooter or a family member in the last three years.
As we learn more about gunman Chris Harper Mercer and his victims, here are some of the big things to watch in this developing story.
Here's what we know about this morning's attack at Umpqua Community College
Gun Policy
Raymond Fryberg is on trial for hiding his abusive past when buying the gun his son later used to kill four classmates at Marysville Pilchuck High School. The lack of a system for reporting tribal court records to NICS was another culprit.