The role of the gun industry in America’s gun violence epidemic.
Do you have questions about guns or gun violence in America? This is Ask The Trace, a question series driven by readers.
The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful special interest groups in America. We’re investigating how it spends its money.
A newsletter spotlighting the people, policies, and programs grappling with the gun violence crisis.
Our team, our mission, our partners, and more. Plus: How to contact us.
We report stories that would go untold. Generous readers sustain our work.
Sign up now to get our latest stories and eye-opening briefings.
Bang for the Buck
As the organization's social, political, and financial dominance in the gun rights arena wanes, other prominent groups are influencing the movement in newfound ways.
Law
The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s unsupported evidence about the number of high-capacity magazines in the U.S. has been introduced in cases that could have major implications for gun restrictions nationwide.
Suicide
The National Shooting Sports Foundation and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention used the 2017 SHOT Show to scale up their campaign to stop 10,000 deaths over the next decade.
Here’s why that might be a huge development.
Gun Policy
The State Department simply clarified existing firearm manufacturing rules at the request of another organization, officials say.
The Business of Guns
But few regulations protect people or the environment from the hazards posed by spent ammo.
Data
The rate at which women are buying firearms has remained mostly unchanged for decades.
State senators hope the governor and Republican presidential candidate will make time to read the new bill after he said he was too busy to consider their last effort.