Gun Policy The Brothers Behind an Extreme Gun-Rights Network That Republicans Call a Big Scam Before they instigated some of the earliest protests against COVID-19 shutdowns, the Dorr brothers honed a ...

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 ...

Rob Wilcox, a co-director of the now-shuttered office, discusses why he remains optimistic about gun violence prevention efforts.

The Industry What Are 3D-Printed Guns, and Why Are They Controversial? Breaking down the technology, the legality, and the ideology of a growing movement.

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 ...

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.

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

Chicago Chicago Still Isn’t the Murder Capital of America Last year was the city's bloodiest in decades. But others continue to record higher homicide rates — and the hardest hit neighborhoods are ...

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 ...

Mendiola is part of a demographic that’s increasingly vulnerable to gun suicide. An analysis of public health data by The Trace reveals that firearm suicide rates rose steadily among young people in ...

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 ...

Readers responded to our reporting on lawsuits against SIG Sauer with questions about when, exactly, the firearm industry's legal immunity kicks in.