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It’s Time to Hold Our Leaders Accountable and Fix Crime Victims Compensation

Commentary

It’s Time to Hold Our Leaders Accountable and Fix Crime Victims Compensation

As Illinois enacts changes to its victims compensation program, a group of health care providers, survivors, and activists argues that the state needs to make financial help far more accessible to people who have faced gun violence.

Kevin Zickterman, Rhiannon Jimenez, Tanya L. Zakrison, and Paige-Ashley Campbell
Baltimore’s Crime Plan Is Missing a Key Component: Community Buy-In

Analysis

Baltimore’s Crime Plan Is Missing a Key Component: Community Buy-In

Facing record rates of violence, the city’s leaders are reviving focused deterrence, a crime prevention strategy that has failed there twice. Can they convince the community to give it another chance?

J. Brian Charles
‘Outrageous’: California Lawmakers Slam Police for Failing to Use Gun Database

Law Enforcement

‘Outrageous’: California Lawmakers Slam Police for Failing to Use Gun Database

The development comes after an investigation by The Trace and NBC Bay Area found police are violating state law by not logging guns into the database so they can be traced.

Champe Barton
Accusations of Cronyism Plague the ATF’s Gun Ballistics Program

ATF

Accusations of Cronyism Plague the ATF’s Gun Ballistics Program

An internal report urged the ATF to open up its exclusive contract. Instead the contract was renewed, and several ATF officials went to work for the contractor.

Ann Givens
Gunmaker Under ATF Scrutiny Over Connections to Jimenez Arms

The Business of Guns

Gunmaker Under ATF Scrutiny Over Connections to Jimenez Arms

The Trace's reporting has shown that JA Industries is largely a clone of Jimenez Arms, which declared bankruptcy in what experts said was an effort to avoid accountability for unscrupulous business practices.

Brian Freskos
California Police Aren’t Tracking Crime Guns, Ignoring Thousands of Potential Leads

Data

California Police Aren’t Tracking Crime Guns, Ignoring Thousands of Potential Leads

For more than a decade, agencies have flouted a state law requiring them to use a tool that policing experts say can help reduce gun violence.

Champe Barton
There Are Only Two City-Funded Violence Prevention Sites Tackling Surging Violence in Upper Manhattan

Community Violence

There Are Only Two City-Funded Violence Prevention Sites Tackling Surging Violence in Upper Manhattan

Violence interrupters work in their own communities, guiding their friends and neighbors away from dangerous encounters. Extending that care to other neighborhoods depends on more funding.

Chip Brownlee
The NRA Paid a Gun Rights Activist to File SCOTUS Briefs. He Didn’t Disclose it to the Court.

Bang for the Buck

The NRA Paid a Gun Rights Activist to File SCOTUS Briefs. He Didn’t Disclose it to the Court.

Hacked documents provide a rare glimpse into the gun group's efforts to seek influence at the Supreme Court, which is now hearing a major public carry case.

Will Van Sant
Baltimore Looks to Its Parks Department to Help Save Kids From Gunfire

How We Fix This

Baltimore Looks to Its Parks Department to Help Save Kids From Gunfire

Amid a troubling increase in the number of children being shot, the city is investing in safe spaces and after-school programming.

J. Brian Charles
Can You Ban Yourself From Buying Guns?

Ask The Trace

Can You Ban Yourself From Buying Guns?

A reader wants to know if a person concerned about their own mental health can voluntarily flag themselves in the federal background check database.

Jennifer Mascia