Reporting on Guns and Gun Violence in America - The Trace
Year in Review. What We Learned About Gun Violence in 2024. From the maternal homicide crisis to a multimillion-dollar legal campaign against firearm regulations, our editor in chief on The Trace's crucial reporting — and what it might mean for 2025.
How a Federal Gun Background Check Works - The Trace
2015年7月11日 · In the United States, anybody who wants to buy a gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) is subject to a background check. Since 1998, when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, went online, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has processed more than 320 million of them.. The overwhelming majority of gun background checks take just minutes to clear the ...
Federal Court Finds SIG Sauer Liable for P320 Shooting Accident
2024年6月24日 · A Georgia jury has found New Hampshire-based gunmaker SIG Sauer liable in the shooting of a man who claimed his P320 pistol fired when he did not pull the trigger. The jury also awarded him $2.35 million in damages. It’s the third of several dozen lawsuits involving the company’s flagship handgun to go to trial, […]
A Decade of American Gun Violence – The Trace
Chip is a reporter at The Trace covering federal policy related to violence prevention and firearms. He is also the author of The Trajectory newsletter, which spotlights the people, policies, and programs grappling with America’s gun violence crisis.
How the Supreme Court Broadened the Second Amendment
2024年9月12日 · The New Standard: A Historical Test. The 6-3 Bruen decision, authored by conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, threw out the second half of that two-part test as “one step too many.”. The Supreme Court declared that any regulation affecting the right to bear arms must be rooted in the “historical tradition of firearm regulation” in the United States.
Which U.S. States Have Passed Permitless Carry Gun Laws? - The …
2023年5月12日 · Chip is a reporter at The Trace covering federal policy related to violence prevention and firearms. He is also the author of The Trajectory newsletter, which spotlights the people, policies, and programs grappling with America’s gun violence crisis.
Project 2025 Threatens Federal Checks on Racist Violence
2024年10月31日 · Will is a staff writer at The Trace. His reporting focuses on the gun lobby and related topics. Previously, he spent seven years on the investigative reporting team at Newsday, chronicling the cronyism, self-enrichment, and abuses of power endemic to government and law enforcement in New York.Stories that break ground, reveal connections, and dive below the surface are his jam.
ATF Revokes Highest Number of Gun Dealer Licenses in 20 Years
2024年10月23日 · In 2024, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revoked more gun store licenses than in any year over at least the past two decades, according to agency figures published on October 4. The numbers reflect a sustained and expanded crackdown on lawbreaking gun dealers since President Joe Biden imposed a zero tolerance policy […]
Gun Violence by the Numbers in 2023 - The Trace
2023年12月31日 · The United States may have moved past the devastating surge of gun violence sparked by the pandemic, with preliminary data suggesting that homicides in 2023 declined by a record amount. Gun injuries have also dropped, and a growing list of states now have tighter laws on gun sales, which are at a four-year low. Still, […]
The 12 Reasons Why Americans Fail Federal Gun Background …
2015年7月31日 · On February 27, 2019, House Democrats passed H.R.8, a universal background check bill that is the most significant gun violence prevention legislation to make it through the chamber since the creation of the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, more than two decades ago. The system screens people when they attempt to buy firearms at licensed dealers and is the ...