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.

Ask The Trace The Gun Industry Makes Billions. But How Many Exactly? It's hard to estimate since it's made up of dozens of public and private companies. In this edition of Ask The Trace, we attempt an ...

Rob Wilcox, a co-director of the now-shuttered office, discusses why he remains optimistic about gun violence prevention efforts.

The Business of Guns Gun Sales Are Plummeting. Here’s Why A Trace analysis found that Americans purchased 6.5 million fewer guns last year than in 2020, when the pandemic pushed demand for firearms to ...

A Decade of American Gun Violence Dozens of Cities Are Paying for Gunshot Detection Tech They May Not Need A new analysis by The Trace identified cities across the country that are using ShotSpotter ...

Philadelphia In Philly, Signs of Optimism About Gun Violence Reduction An event in Nicetown echoes the city’s determination to continue driving shootings down.

The Trajectory The Ghost Gun Surge Is Abating. This Is How It Happened. Ghost guns went from being relatively rare to ubiquitous in a short time span. Regulating them appears to be fueling a reversal.

Culture A Fraternal Group Says It’s Dedicated to Child Welfare. So Why Do Its Local Chapters Raffle Guns? Guns have been the leading cause of death among young Americans since 2021. Yet the local ...

Elections The Four Federal Gun Violence Prevention Efforts Trump Could Dismantle If reelected, the former president has vowed to unwind Biden administration initiatives to combat gun trafficking and ...

The Bruen Era How the Supreme Court Broadened the Second Amendment As The Trace launches a series about the court’s 2022 Bruen decision, we break down the ruling — and explain how it fundamentally ...

After five decades in politics, President Joe Biden on Sunday announced his stunning decision to drop out of the 2024 race for the White House — and his chosen successor, Vice President Kamala Harris, ...