Lawmakers toughened penalties after a Trace analysis revealed that the state led the country in gun violence on the road.

Chicago Watch How Chicago Gets Flooded with Thousands of Crime Guns Last year, 88 percent of the guns recovered in Illinois were seized in Chicago. More than half of them came from out of state.

On Thursday, a panel of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a New York state “public nuisance” law that requires gun companies to carefully monitor the distribution and marketing of their ...

The Politics of Post-Tragedy Conspiracies For people in power, conspiracy can be useful in the wake of disaster.

Different Types of Gun Violence Contribute to Bloodshed on Independence Day The trend of more shootings during the Fourth of July weekend is changing. How are various firings contributing to this ...

Q & A Takeaways From The Trace’s Panel on Gen Z and Gun Violence Reporters Chip Brownlee and Jennifer Mascia moderated a virtual discussion with a Parkland survivor, the executive director of March ...

Stricter Reproductive Rights Paired With Looser Gun Laws Breed a Space for Increased Intimate Partner Violence At the center of the intimate partner homicide crisis is the firearm.

‘These Firefighters Didn’t Have a Chance’ The attack on firefighters in Idaho is part of a rare but disturbing pattern.

What’s Changed Since the Supreme Court’s Bruen Decision? The number of lawsuits filed by gun rights groups has started to decline.

In Charleston, Constant Reminders of What Remains Unchanged Fairriona Magee reports on where the city stands 10 years after the racist mass shooting at the AME church.

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