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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

Concealable handguns have been involved in a majority of mass attacks for decades. But the use of rifles is becoming more common.

Coronavirus & Guns Mass Shootings Are Soaring, With Black Neighborhoods Hit Hardest 2020 is on pace to have the most mass shootings since the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive started tracking them. In ...

Ask The Trace Do Gun Regulations Equal Fewer Shootings? Lessons From New England Gun rights advocates often point to low rates of shootings in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to argue that you don’t ...

A Democrat with an ‘A’ Grade from the NRA? There’s One Left. At the same time, 94 percent of Republican candidates remain in the group's good graces.