How Many Guns Are Circulating in the U.S.? - The Trace
Mar 6, 2023 · Editor’s note: This story, originally published in March 2023, was updated on July 22, 2024, to reflect the most recent data available from the U.S International Trade Commission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which puts the number of guns produced for the U.S. market since 1899 at …
Which U.S. States Have Passed Permitless Carry Gun Laws? - The …
May 12, 2023 · 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.
In Chicago, the Odds of Surviving a Shooting Are Getting Worse
Sep 26, 2024 · A person shot in Chicago is more likely to die from it today than they would have been 13 years ago. Fatal shootings have made up a steadily larger share of the city’s gun violence statistics, according to a Trace analysis of data from the City of Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard and studies from the University of Chicago Crime Lab.
How a Federal Gun Background Check Works - The Trace
Jul 11, 2015 · 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 ...
How the Supreme Court Broadened the Second Amendment
Sep 12, 2024 · 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.
Road Rage Shootings Are Surging in the U.S. - The Trace
Apr 25, 2024 · Seventeen-year-old Teonna Covington was a passenger in a vehicle in Milwaukee in April 2022, when the driver got into an altercation with another motorist. The other motorist opened fire, killing Covington.She left behind a 1-month-old son.. Just two states — North Dakota and South Dakota — recorded no road rage shootings between 2014 and 2023; however, both of these states recorded other ...
Gun Violence by the Numbers in 2023 - The Trace
Dec 31, 2023 · 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, […]
SIG Sauer P320 Pistol Firing on Its Own, Owners Say - The Trace
Apr 11, 2023 · “I’ve been running a gun store for over 10 years at this point, and you always hear anecdotal statements about some gun going off,” said Jeff Webb, a certified master gunsmith who operates Grey Wolf Armory, a gun store in a Tampa Bay suburb. “But dozens of injuries of local and federal police agents over the last five years — that’s not an anecdote, that’s a problem.”
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.
Federal Court Finds SIG Sauer Liable for P320 Shooting Accident
Jun 24, 2024 · 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, […]