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White men own most of the country’s guns and make up almost 80 percent of those who die by gun suicide, a pattern that gun-rights groups have spent decades obscuring. Mike Spies on the Maryland woman whose life has been turned upside down three times by her partners’ devotion to guns. thetr.ac/meN6z
Under President Donald Trump, the Civil Rights Division has filed multiple lawsuits to strike down state, local, and territorial gun laws. The latest: The DOJ is suing Montgomery County, Maryland, over a ban on carrying guns in some public spaces.
Trump’s Justice Department Is Suing Cities and States to Dismantle Gun Laws
Trump’s Justice Department is suing cities and states to dismantle gun restrictions.
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A recent study suggests GLP-1 drugs may weaken links between impulsivity, alcohol use, and violence.
Taking Weight-Loss Drugs Could Help Reduce Violent Impulses
A recent study suggests GLP-1 drugs may weaken links between impulsivity, alcohol use, and violence.
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Advocacy groups, industry experts, and Hollywood professionals are voicing concerns about the proposed measures targeting ghost guns.
Bulletin: Efforts to combat 3D-printed guns face scrutiny
Advocacy groups, industry experts, and Hollywood professionals are voicing concerns about the proposed measures targeting ghost guns.
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Colin Gray's sentencing comes at a time when other parents of school shooters are being held to account by the criminal justice system, part of a trend among prosecutors to try to deter parents from leaving guns accessible to minors.
Georgia Father Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for His Child’s Mass Shooting
Colin Gray's sentencing comes at a time when more parents of school shooters are being held to account for their child's actions.
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Gun violence in Idaho is relatively rare: Before today's rampage, there had been only 8 mass shootings there in the last 2 decades, according to Gun Violence Archive
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4d agoThere are multiple fatalities from a shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out restaurant and the shooter is dead, police say.
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Could Ozempic be beneficial in reducing violence? A recent study says it’s possible. A study by Rutgers University researcher Daniel Semenza and professor Christopher Thomas suggests that GLP-1s may blunt the links between impulsivity, alcohol, and violence.
Taking Weight-Loss Drugs Could Help Reduce Violent Impulses
A recent study suggests GLP-1 drugs may weaken links between impulsivity, alcohol use, and violence.
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Dr. Shanda McManus' younger brother was fatally shot in 1992. As she went on to earn her medical degree and raise a family, the killing still haunted her. We spoke with McManus about her new book, Brother Epistles, which consists of reflections about her brother’s death.
She Wrote Letters to Her Brother After He Was Killed. Now, Her Reflections Are a Memoir.
In her new memoir, Dr. Shanda McManus explores her grief after a shooting took her brother and examines the forces shaping other young Black men's lives.
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How Krystal Gonzalez reclaimed the day of her daughter's death in Baltimore's deadliest mass shooting.
This Mother Refused to Accept Violence as Normal
How Krystal Gonzalez reclaimed the day of her daughter's death in Baltimore's deadliest mass shooting.
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In 2021, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott proposed his signature violence reduction plan. Similar strategies had failed in the 1990s and 2014. But the third time’s the charm. It’s been five years since the Group Violence Reduction Strategy launched, and violence in the city has greatly dropped.
What Can Cities Learn From Baltimore’s Extraordinary Decline in Violence?
A growing body of research suggests that the city’s approach to reducing shootings at scale may be one of the most effective yet.
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In April, ATF Director Robert Cekada announced a package of proposals to “modernize” gun regulations. A new letter from House Democrats argues that four of the proposals threaten to seriously endanger the public — and one stands to enrich the Trump family.
House Democrats Say Direct-to-Door Gun Sales Rule Would Endanger Americans
The lawmakers warned the proposal would make gun trafficking easier while enriching President Donald Trump’s family.
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Krystal Gonzalez became an activist after her daughter was killed in Baltimore’s deadliest mass shooting in 2023. Since then, Gonzalez has honored her daughter, Aaliyah, through an annual gun violence prevention event she created in her name.
Bulletin: In Baltimore, a Mom Takes Back the Day of Her Daughter’s Death
“It never leaves you.”
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Five years ago, the New York Police Department recovered a single 3D-printed gun, according to data provided to The Trace by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. In 2024, the latest year available, that number jumped to 109.
New York City’s Spike in 3D-Printed Guns Prompts Push for Tougher Laws
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is advocating legislation that would make 3D-printing guns a crime.
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At the end of April, ATF Director Robert Cekada announced that the agency would repeal the Biden administration’s rule for policing the “gun show loophole.” We broke down what that actually means:
The Trump Administration Made a Big Show of Repealing a Biden-Era Gun Rule. It Never Amounted to Much Anyway.
A Trace analysis of more than 600 federal prosecutions found the rule didn’t have the intended effect.
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Stormy Morse’s first husband killed himself in 1991. When she found a new partner, she started to worry about his guns and his growing allegiance to the NRA. Mike Spies reports on how the nation’s foremost gun-rights group profited from a brutal tragedy, with @newyorker.com.
Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her…
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Dr. Shanda McManus' younger brother was fatally shot in 1992. As she went on to earn her medical degree and raise a family, the killing still haunted her. We spoke with McManus about her new book, Brother Epistles, which consists of reflections about her brother’s death.
She Wrote Letters to Her Brother After He Was Killed. Now, Her Reflections Are a Memoir.
In her new memoir, Dr. Shanda McManus explores her grief after a shooting took her brother and examines the forces shaping other young Black men's lives.
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Prosecutors say the February killing of Da’Quain Johnson was justified. But his death, recorded on multiple video streams, underscores tensions that still characterize Midwestern policing in the post-George Floyd era.
In Grand Rapids, a Police Shooting Has Reignited Long-Simmering Tensions
Prosecutors say the February killing of Da’Quain Johnson was justified. But his death, recorded on multiple video streams, underscores tensions that still characterize Midwestern policing in the…
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How Krystal Gonzalez reclaimed the day of her daughter's death in Baltimore's deadliest mass shooting.
This Mother Refused to Accept Violence as Normal
How Krystal Gonzalez reclaimed the day of her daughter's death in Baltimore's deadliest mass shooting.
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Colin Gray, the father of the 14-year-old who killed four people and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School in Georgia in 2024, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday for failing to secure the gun used in the shooting.
Bulletin: Father of Georgia school shooter sentenced to 15 years in prison
Colin Gray is the first parent of a shooter to be convicted of second-degree murder for providing a gun to their child.
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The Trace, in partnership with Block Club Chicago, is looking for a full-time staff writer to cover the impact of gun violence on Chicago’s neighborhoods. See if you meet our requirements here:
The Trace and Block Club Chicago are hiring a Staff Writer
The Trace, in partnership with Block Club Chicago, is looking for a full-time staff writer to cover the impact of gun violence on Chicago’s neighborhoods.
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Skill games are now illegal in Pennsylvania. The state Supreme Court ruled that the games were unlawful under state gambling laws. State and Philadelphia officials applauded the decision, which overturned two lower-court rulings that found the games were exempt from the state’s gaming laws.
Amid Concerns Over Violence, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Skill Games Illegal
The decision follows The Trace’s reporting on robberies and fatal shootings at stores that carry cash to pay out winners.
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Colin Gray is among half a dozen parents convicted of providing a gun later used in a prominent shooting. Read more: thetr.ac/cGHRC
Skill games are now illegal in Pennsylvania. The state Supreme Court ruled that the games were unlawful under state gambling laws. State and Philadelphia officials applauded the decision, which overturned two lower-court rulings that found the games were exempt from the state’s gaming laws.
Amid Concerns Over Violence, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Skill Games Illegal
The decision follows The Trace’s reporting on robberies and fatal shootings at stores that carry cash to pay out winners.
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Colin Gray got 15 years for failing to secure the gun his son used in the Apalachee High School shooting. His sentencing comes at a time when other parents of school shooters are being held to account by the criminal justice system
Georgia Father Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for His Child’s Mass Shooting
Colin Gray's sentencing comes at a time when more parents of school shooters are being held to account for their child's actions.
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Today, Colin Gray, the father of the 14-year-old who killed four people and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He is the first parent of a shooter in the US to be convicted of second-degree murder for providing a gun to their child.
Georgia Father Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for His Child’s Mass Shooting
Colin Gray's sentencing comes at a time when more parents of school shooters are being held to account for their child's actions.
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Aaliyah was only 18 when she was killed at Baltimore’s Brooklyn Day block party in 2023. The mass shooting is the city’s deadliest to date. Since then, the block party has been banned. But Aaliyah’s mother has turned the previous celebration into a memorial event for her daughter.
This Mother Refused to Accept Violence as Normal
How Krystal Gonzalez reclaimed the day of her daughter's death in Baltimore's deadliest mass shooting.
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In a new letter, House Democrats called the ATF’s proposed gun regulatory changes a “sweeping effort to weaken federal firearms safeguards.” The letter also points to one rule change that would benefit GrabAGun, an online gun seller that Donald Trump Jr. owns a stake in.
House Democrats Say Direct-to-Door Gun Sales Rule Would Endanger Americans
The lawmakers warned the proposal would make gun trafficking easier while enriching President Donald Trump’s family.
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The ruling against New Jersey’s assault weapons ban is likely only the first, and could mark the beginning of the end for similar laws in nearly a dozen states.
New Jersey Just Lost Its Assault Weapons Ban. Here’s Why That Matters for the Rest of the Country.
The Supreme Court is poised to rule such bans unconstitutional next year.
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🧵 American’s accelerating gun suicide epidemic transformed Stormy Morse’s life three times.
Parting Shot
Stormy Kay was born in 1961, when her parents were young newlyweds, unprepared and thrust into adulthood. Stormy’s mother cut meat at a grocery store and taught classes at a beauty school, and her fat...
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