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Data
Over the past decade, gun violence has expanded beyond the urban limits it is so often associated with, according to a Trace analysis of Gun Violence Archive data.
The Trajectory
It isn’t just a matter of semantics.
Year in Review
Gun deaths are down this year — but not yet to levels seen before the start of the pandemic.
As the United States faces a record number of mass shootings, data from the Gun Violence Archive suggests that multiple-casualty incidents are accelerating.
Ask The Trace
Supporters of AR-15s, often used in mass shootings and racist attacks, say they're important for self-defense. Our analysis of Gun Violence Archive data suggests otherwise.
Community Violence
The massacre at Pulse nightclub was the beginning of a typically bloody week in the U.S.
Shunning the FBI’s widely used definition, the numbers circulated by the crowdsourced Mass Shooting Tracker show such attacks to be an almost daily phenomenon.
In Memoriam
Summer’s unofficial coda capped a season marred by gun violence.
Data paints a complete picture of a bloody holiday weekend.
