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Year in Review
Highlights from a year on the gun violence beat.
The Business of Guns
Leaders in San Diego, Oakland, and San Francisco hope the effort will incentivize better practices across the gun industry.
The Gun Machine
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is supposed to regulate the gun industry. The seventh episode of The Gun Machine explores the gun lobby’s efforts to impede the agency.
Law
An activist has sued the agency for information about U.S. guns smuggled to Mexico and Central America, data that researchers say would provide insights into cross border firearms trafficking.
Ask The Trace
We attempt to pin down a central — yet elusive — data point in the conversation around gun violence.
Laws to expand the technology's use have passed in three states and the District of Columbia. But some are questioning its effectiveness.
ATF
Posed in closed-door meetings, the agency's inquiry follows a Trump administration directive to slash government rules.
The agency is now emailing dealers instead of just calling them.
Gun Theft
Most dealers located near a recent burglary did not recall being contacted.
The agency tasked with enforcing federal gun laws hasn’t had a permanent director for 8 of the last 10 years.