Chicago In Chicago, ShotSpotter Sparks a Political Power Struggle The fight over the gunshot detection technology has escalated between the mayor and a group of alderpeople, who have tried to block ...

Justice Department Publishes Rule to Restore Gun Rights After Some Criminal Convictions The proposal gives the attorney general broad authority to decide who can and can’t get their gun rights ...

Texas leads the nation in road rage shootings. In September, a new state law will increase penalties for highway gun violence.

What Happens After Community Violence Intervention Programs Lose Funding? Workers fear that their progress on reducing shootings could reverse course.

Maryland’s Data Dashboard Will Help Grassroots Organizers Interrupt Gun Violence With the real-time data, community leaders can concentrate their efforts in places where shootings remain pervasive.

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 ...

Suicide 10 Essential Facts About Guns and Suicide More than two-thirds of all gun deaths are self-inflicted.

The number of gun deaths excluding suicides in 2022 declined slightly compared to 2021, a year that saw the most gun deaths on record. This total, tracked by the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive since ...

Law Enforcement The ‘Warrior Cop’ Is a Toxic Mentality. And a Lucrative Industry. Police are paying firms that preach extreme vigilance and deadly force.

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 ...

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

Politics George H.W. Bush Quit the NRA With This Sternly Worded Letter The 41st president’s iconoclastic brand of Republicanism led him to take a stand against the gun group's rhetoric of fear.