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Public Health
In a nationwide survey, about a third of public high school teachers reported experiencing a gun-related lockdown during the previous school year.
Ask The Trace
A reader asks if increasing armed school security could reduce deaths from active shootings or deter the attacks in the first place.
Campus Carry
Plans call for ponying up $1 million — and that's just for the football stadium.
Data
A new study finds that most people, including gun owners, support limits on bringing firearms into places such as schools and college campuses.
Another state just approved concealed carry at public universities. Here’s what you need to know.
Gun Policy
The new president can't deliver on his vow to gut the Gun-Free School Zones Act on day one. But Republican lawmakers are laying the groundwork.
Gun Safety
A Colorado district bought 10 military-style guns. They would be better off focusing on “environmental design,” John White says.
That's more than one per school day.
During the first half of the 2015-2016 academic year, students have toted at least 135 firearms into U.S. schools.
Culture
So far this academic year, at least 77 students — some as young as 4 years old — have been caught with firearms.
