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 ...

For decades, politicians and gun lobbying organizations have perpetuated the notion that mental health issues drive mass violence. A new study is challenging that narrative, though, showing that, ...

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 ...

Public Health ‘A Direct Attack on Science:’ Trump’s Return Is Rattling Gun Violence Researchers Days after the inauguration, White House directives and pledges to cut public health funding are already ...

A Decade of American Gun Violence What We Learned From Analyzing 10 Years of Shooting Data A Trace series challenges what many people might think about gun violence in America. Here are the highlights ...

Gun violence in the United States continued to decline significantly in 2024, providing yet another signal that the pandemic-era surge has come to an end. Firearm deaths and injuries dropped for a ...

Philadelphia ‘Brothers in Grief’ Explores the Toll of Gun Violence on Philadelphia Youth Black boys don’t have the time, space, or tools to grieve their losses, Nora Gross argues in a book she wrote ...

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 ...

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 What Harris and Trump Might Do About Guns If Elected Heading into the presidential candidates’ first debate, we take a look at their records on guns and the policies they might pursue as ...