Lawmakers toughened penalties after a Trace analysis revealed that the state led the country in gun violence on the road.

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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 ...

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

Ghost Guns Supreme Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Ghost Gun Rule The decision clears the way for federal authorities to continue restricting the sale of kits for assembling untraceable weapons ...

Philadelphia It’s One of Philly’s Hardest Hit Neighborhoods, But a Plan to Fight Gun Violence Is Showing Promise Once a thriving working class community, Kensington has become infamous for drug use ...

Chicago Some Chicago Gunshot Victims Don’t Trust Ambulances Survivors are choosing to transport themselves to the hospital instead of waiting for emergency services. Experts say the Chicago Fire ...

Politics Trump Moves to Undo Biden’s Gun Policies The president issued an executive order directing his newly appointed attorney general, Pam Bondi, to review Biden’s efforts to reduce gun violence — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gun violence in the United States continued to decline significantly in 2024, providing yet another signal that the pandemic-era surge has come to an end. Firearm deaths and injuries dropped for a ...