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In Nashville, a 19-year-old counterprotester pulled out a handgun while arguing with demonstrators at the Tennessee State ...

What we do know is that nearly 15 million firearms were produced for the U.S. market in 2023, according to figures reported to the ATF by gunmakers. That number can be used as a proxy for annual gun ...

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, ...

OVW has funded programs to help survivors obtain court orders to temporarily remove guns from their abusers. But Jennifer Wagman, co-associate director of UCLA’s Center for Gender and Health Justice, ...

Before joining The Trace, Mensah was a staff writer on the Justice & Injustice team at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he focused on gun violence, corruption and wrongdoing in the public and private ...

I think one other important legacy for this office is showing what it looks like to maximize the implementation of the laws that we pass. I’m talking about the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the ...

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 ...

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