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A Decade of American Gun Violence
A Trace series challenges what many people might think about gun violence in America. Here are the highlights.
Chicago
Children and young adults often feel overlooked after losing a loved one to gun violence. Survivors want schools to step up, and the city to hire youth-focused advocates.
Ghost Guns
The president’s order seeks to improve school shooter drills and establishes a task force to combat illegal machine guns and 3D-printed firearms.
Philadelphia
A federal lawsuit claims that the school district is responsible for a student’s shooting death.
The Trajectory
A slew of gun safety bills cleared the state Legislature in the 2024 session, including one that could help violence prevention programs reach more students.
Thousands of U.S. schools have experienced nearby shootings over the last decade. Of the 100 that saw the most, 18 were in Philadelphia.
Bulletin
The scramble to fund out-of-school programs comes amid a disturbing rise in the number of people under 18 who have killed someone with a firearm.
More than 95,000 school nurses serve millions of students every year, and they could play a role in preventing violence.
Ask The Trace
A reader asks if increasing armed school security could reduce deaths from active shootings or deter the attacks in the first place.
Opponents of the establishment clause hope their efforts in Texas could serve as a framework for the rest of the country.
Schools
Lawmakers and parent activists say that requiring four drills a year is excessive.
“My father was assassinated with a rifle that would be the equivalent of what we call assault weapons today,” said Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter. “Fifty-five years later we’re just increasing the access to these instruments.”
Fifteen months after the community’s last high-profile killing, Philadelphia’s largest university is still struggling to keep its people safe.
Community Violence
After the funerals, residents continue to pressure Texas officials to address gun access. It may become a fight that spans generations.
Commentary
When a potential shooter locked down parts of Indiana University's campus in September, Mary Claire Molloy had to confront the emotional reverberations of our gun violence crisis.
