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Year in Review
Gun deaths are down this year — but not yet to levels seen before the start of the pandemic.
The Trajectory
Research has shown the connections between the proliferation of firearms, officer safety, and police use of fatal force. But a new study looks at the flip side: whether certain gun laws could reduce the number of police shootings.
Ask The Trace
In the past decade, nearly two dozen states have repealed laws requiring a permit to carry concealed handguns.
Data
A new study finds that most people, including gun owners, support limits on bringing firearms into places such as schools and college campuses.
Campus Carry
How two gun rights movements collided in the Jayhawk State.
Gun Policy
Ten states have already eliminated the requirement that gun owners obtain a permit before carrying a firearm in public.
Concealed Carry
Proposals to repeal training and license requirements for carrying firearms in public are gaining steam — no thanks to the NRA, say the activists behind the movement.
Bills to end training and licensing requirements for concealed carry and to allow guns on college campuses loom as pivotal fights for 2017.
The updated national concealed carry reciprocity measure, revised to accommodate the growing permitless carry movement, ties in with the NRA's top legislative priority.
Gun Theft
Nearly 850 firearms were stolen in the city last year, and those are just the ones police know about.
