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 ...

Texas leads the nation in road rage shootings. In September, a new state law will increase penalties for highway gun violence.

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.

On Thursday, a panel of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a New York state “public nuisance” law that requires gun companies to carefully monitor the distribution and marketing of their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...