Year in Review

Year in Review

2020 by the Numbers

Happy holidays, Bulletin readers.  While The Trace’s regular newsletter service is on pause until January 4, here’s a rundown of the numbers that may stand out when the story of guns and gun violence in 2020 is entered into the…

Year in Review

The Trace’s Best Stories From 2020

Reporting on a devastating year of gun violence in America.

Year in Review

Gun Violence Reporting That Inspired Us During a Calamitous Year

Fifteen stories that challenged our perspectives, pushed us to dig deeper, and provided indelible looks at the human costs of the crisis we cover.

Coronavirus & Guns

A Historic Surge in Gun Violence Compounds the Traumas of 2020

In over a dozen cities, homicides rose by 50 percent or more this year. “It’s very likely that these increases are larger than any on record,” said one criminologist.

Year in Review

Best of The Trace: Our Favorite Stories of 2019

Highlights from another year on the gun beat.

Data

13 Statistics That Help Explain Gun Violence in 2019

These are the numbers that advanced our understanding of the issue this year.

Year in Review

The Most Memorable Gun Violence Journalism of 2019

16 articles, investigations, and special projects we admired this year.

Year in Review

The Most Memorable Gun Violence Reporting of 2018

Stories that inspired us as they examined under-reported aspects of America's gun violence crisis.

Year in Review

13 Statistics That Tell the Story of Gun Violence in 2018

From the NRA’s shrinking political spending to new “red flag” laws, these are the facts and figures that stuck with us.

Data

Gun Deaths Increased in 2017, Gun Violence Archive Data Show

Update: The CDC’s official tally of 2017 gun deaths has been released. Excluding most suicides, at least 15,549 people were killed by guns in the United States in 2017, according to data collected by Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a…

Year in Review

The Must-Read Gun Violence Reporting of 2017

Stories that inspired us and illuminated critical issues of the gun debate.

Data

11 Facts That Tell the Story of Gun Violence in 2017

This year, the world took notice of one gun statistic in particular: the grim designation of “deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history,” a mantle that passed to the Las Vegas massacre in October. But for all the coverage that…

Data

9 New Stats From 2016 That Help Explain Gun Violence in America

The facts and figures that informed our reporting this year.

Community Violence

Is America Experiencing a Murder Outbreak? It Depends On Your Block.

Citywide homicide rates obscure the vastly unequal safety risks that separate neighborhoods.

Year in Review

Gun Sales Are on Pace to Smash All-Time Record in 2016

Fear is a killer salesman.