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

Extremism A Running List of Gun Arrests Tied to the U.S. Capitol Attack Civilians didn't open fire on January 6, but that doesn’t mean the Trump supporters who congregated at the Capitol weren’t armed ...

In early February, the City Council of San Jose, California, approved a first-of-its-kind ordinance requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance. One of our readers wrote to us around the same ...

Coronavirus & Guns Will a Gun Keep Your Family Safe? Here’s What the Evidence Says The pandemic has inspired a surge in gun sales, but research shows that having a firearm in the house won’t ...

Chicago A Promising Violence Prevention Program in Chicago Faces a Massive Budget Setback READI addresses shootings by tackling joblessness, but without public funding, its future is in doubt.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Federal law doesn’t require background checks on private gun sales, but 20 states have expanded background checks. There’s perhaps no policy more central to the gun debate in the United States than ...

Only a small percentage of New Orleans's guns were collected by authorities during Katrina, but that hasn't stopped the group's mythmakers.

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