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The Trajectory
Donna’s Law has proven one of the few areas of gun policy where Republicans and Democrats can agree. A Trace survey shows how many people have used it to temporarily suspend their own gun rights.
Red Flag Laws
Wyoming has the highest rate of gun suicide in the country. Lawmakers there, and in similarly afflicted states, have blocked red flag laws, which studies have found to be a useful preventative measure.
Community Violence
In the United States, people of color are the most vulnerable to gun violence, and they’re also the least likely to receive mental health care. The New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center has explored the connections.
The Industry
White men like Bob Owens are the firearms industry’s most essential customers. But they keep turning their weapons on themselves.
Firearm suicide is among the leading causes of death for veterans. A new program aims to teach mental health practitioners how veterans think about their guns.
The Gun Machine
In February 2008, reporter Alain Stephens's father took his own life with a firearm. In the final episode of The Gun Machine, Stephens meets with others who lost loved ones to guns — and tries to make sense of the senseless.
The state has high rates of gun ownership, yet mass shootings were virtually unheard of — until now.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act incentivized states to implement extreme risk protection orders, and provide information about them to the public. A new study focuses on what messages are likely to work best.
Public Health
Between 2011 and 2021, the overall firearm death rate in rural counties was nearly 40 percent higher than in urban counterparts.
Health Care
These national and regional organizations can support you or someone you know in a crisis.
An American teenager took their life with a firearm every seven hours on average between 2019 and 2020.
Chicago
Despite the historic increase, city and county leaders have failed to deliver their promised prevention plans.
How We Fix This
2020's shooting surge was overwhelming and in many cities unprecedented. But for outreach workers and other experts, it also led to new ideas and approaches.
One week into November, Cook County has nearly matched a ten-year high for annual suicides among Black residents.
Officials say it’s “all hands on deck” to quell the sudden increase in deaths.
