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The Buffalo Shooting Suspect Once Threatened a Mass Shooting. Why Wasn’t He Disarmed?

Extremism

The Buffalo Shooting Suspect Once Threatened a Mass Shooting. Why Wasn’t He Disarmed?

New York has a red flag law, but it wasn’t invoked.

Jennifer Mascia
The Latest on the White Supremacist Attack in Buffalo

Extremism

The Latest on the White Supremacist Attack in Buffalo

A white supremacist targeted a Black neighborhood, killing 10 people in Buffalo’s worst mass shooting. On Saturday, an 18-year-old gunman from Conklin, New York, drove 200 miles, put on tactical body armor, and walked into a Tops Friendly Markets grocery…

Tom Kutsch
They Found Peace During War. Can They Help Kalamazoo Do the Same?

Community Violence

They Found Peace During War. Can They Help Kalamazoo Do the Same?

A decade ago, two enemies put down their guns in a Michigan city halfway between Chicago and Detroit. They are still risking their lives, helping others disarm, and hoping for more support.

Chris Killian and Ben Lando
LA’s ‘Daycrawler’ Knows Something About Gun Violence. Who’s Listening?

Ricochet

LA’s ‘Daycrawler’ Knows Something About Gun Violence. Who’s Listening?

Nash Baker’s social media channels, known as A Million Hits, serve the communities in LA that are most affected by gun violence with on-the-ground coverage of crimes that are often ignored by local media.

Abené Clayton
The Mothers of Flatbush: Turning Grief to Action in Brooklyn

Community Violence

The Mothers of Flatbush: Turning Grief to Action in Brooklyn

BRIC TV embeds with a group of mothers who lost their children to gun violence, the second installment in a series with The Trace.

Chip Brownlee
The NRA Knows It’s Impeding Gun Research

National Rifle Association

The NRA Knows It’s Impeding Gun Research

A year before gun rights groups sued to stop California from collecting information on firearms ownership, the NRA’s chief researcher acknowledged that its advocacy prevents accurate studies.

Will Van Sant
Watch: How Violence Interrupters Help Brooklyn Heal

Community Violence

Watch: How Violence Interrupters Help Brooklyn Heal

The first installment of a documentary series by BRIC TV, developed with The Trace, follows members of the Kings Against Violence Initiative as they work with shooting survivors.

Chip Brownlee
The NYPD Is Tracking Possible Shooters in a Secret New Database

Law Enforcement

The NYPD Is Tracking Possible Shooters in a Secret New Database

Civil liberties advocates worry the NYPD is repeating the mistakes it made with its gangs list — and that innocent people are being tracked without even knowing it.

Chip Brownlee and Ann Givens
Listen: ‘Our (Machine) Gun Problem’

Listen: ‘Our (Machine) Gun Problem’

The Trace’s Alain Stephens discusses his latest investigation on Vox’s Today, Explained podcast.

Alain Stephens
Are Road Rage Shootings Increasing?

Ask The Trace

Are Road Rage Shootings Increasing?

Incidents involving armed motorists are far deadlier than they were five years ago, our analysis reveals.

Jennifer Mascia