Bulletin What Does It Take to Feel Safe in America? “The gun industry isn’t just selling firearms,” Senator Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, told The Trace’s Mike Spies. “It’s selling fear, even ...

The Trace spoke to a Yale law professor about the strengths and weaknesses of the Justice Department’s proposal.

Interpersonal violence and self-directed violence have long been treated as separate public health issues, but the two are ...

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, ...

The Trump administration’s push to cut federal grants has domestic violence groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...