Colin Gray is among half a dozen parents convicted of providing a gun later used in a prominent shooting. Read more: thetr.ac/cGHRC

“You can certainly show that there's an association between food-insecure parishes and violent injury or gun violence.” The passing of the Big Beautiful Bill left 4 million Americans without SNAP benefits. Experts suggest the loss could bring gun violence to vulnerable communities: thetr.ac/dYLSu

Clearance rates are the percentage of crimes that have been closed. In Philadelphia, those rates for homicide cases are increasing. Over a decade, the share of homicides solved or otherwise cleared by police has nearly doubled, according to data obtained by The Trace. Read more: thetr.ac/OKsoy

Our year-long investigation with @KFFHealthNews.org shed light on how care varies for uninsured gunshot victims in emergency rooms. Join us on July 29 at 1 p.m. ET for a closer look at the data we obtained and what it reveals about gun violence. Read more: thetr.ac/xPrz2

On July 17, the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals struck down New Jersey’s ban. 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. Read more: thetr.ac/XCDlg

As of July 21, The Trace has tracked 30 incidents in which immigration agents have shot at people since President Donald Trump’s operations began last year. Read more: thetr.ac/zVTw8

Data from the Gun Violence Archive shows that shooting deaths and injuries remain at historic lows in the United States for Q2. Read our quarterly report to learn more about data on mass shootings and gun sales in the second quarter of the year: thetr.ac/eOBjt

At The Trace, our work often highlights how communities respond to gun violence. But we know that there are countless other stories to tell. We’d like to hear yours. thetr.ac/oDxp7

At Fort Wayne’s first youth-led summit on gun violence, high schoolers described shootings that have shaped their lives, and challenged community leaders to do more. Read more: thetr.ac/5QuHV

The Fourth of July is a notably violent day in the calendar year, being the first major holiday of the summer. Though there were 139 shootings this past Independence Day, that number is still lower than last year. Read more: thetr.ac/nxZE8

Through the first six months of 2026, Baltimore logged 50 homicides — the fewest during the first half of a calendar year since at least the 1960s. A new evaluation found strong evidence that this progress is linked to the city’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy. Read more: thetr.ac/mmfLw

Police shoot and kill pet dogs far more often than you think. According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, shooting a dog is one of the most common reasons officers discharge their firearms in the line of duty.

Among the most severely injured gunshot patients in Florida, the uninsured stayed three fewer days in the hospital on average than those with insurance. A yearlong investigation by The Trace and KFF Health shows that insurance coverage heavily influences hospital stays for survivors: thetr.ac/GrAEG

On July 1, the Department of Justice sued to overturn Virginia’s newly enacted assault weapons ban. The DOJ also sued to overturn California’s ban on firearms that can easily be modified with machine gun conversion devices. Read more: thetr.ac/TpEK0

The Philadelphia Police Department revoked nearly 2,200 gun carry licenses last year, more than double the number from 2021. In June, the Justice Department launched an investigation into whether the police were using vague standards to revoke gun carry licenses. Read more: thetr.ac/z5ytA

In 2025, Chicago recorded its fewest homicides in over 60 years. But the Juneteenth holiday was a reminder that gun violence is still a crisis in the city. The newly-formed Office of Gun Violence Reduction could take a centralized approach to reducing shootings. Read more: thetr.ac/gYWxE

Federal courts have now ruled on more than 3,300 challenges to gun laws since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 Bruen decision expanded the right to bear arms. Most of the challenges have come in criminal cases. Civil lawsuits have been fewer, but more consequential. Read more: thetr.ac/jnqLU

How do you grieve someone who killed another person? We asked Tina Chevailer whose brother killed himself and his girlfriend in 2021. She told The Trace that there’s no natural support group for people who’ve endured this type of loss. So she created a space that can. Read more: thetr.ac/iIiQG

There isn’t hard data on how frequently police shoot pet dogs — but officers kill dogs “way too often,” a canine behavior expert and retired police lieutenant told The Trace. Conservative estimates put the number of dogs killed by police at 10,000 every year. Read more: thetr.ac/SI0RK

The Chicago Hornets are a wheelchair basketball team. @cbschicago.bsky.social captured the team in the award-winning series “Miracle Shots,” produced in partnership with The Trace. Members spoke to us about how the team has helped support players who became paralyzed by shootings: thetr.ac/gYWxE

What happens when tragedy repeats itself and nothing seems to change? @jamellebouie.net argues the answer may be a growing loss of faith in government.

“The voices of the families have finally, really been heard” On June 11, the Philadelphia City Council passed a measure to give death benefits to families of first responders who died by suicide. The new law will allow surviving family members to receive lifetime pension benefits. thetr.ac/gnckq

On June 18, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that, without evidence of danger, the government cannot bar people from owning guns because they occasionally use marijuana. The ruling could reshape federal prosecutions under the drug-user ban. Read more: thetr.ac/a92lg

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that skill games are illegal under state gambling laws. The decision comes weeks after The Trace reported that stores hosting the machines endured shootings committed by assailants seeking the cash kept on hand to pay winners. Read more: thetr.ac/MMAf9

In Brother Epistles, set to be released this month, Dr. Shanda McManus delves into her decades-long grief after losing her brother to a shooting, and examines the forces shaping the lives of other young Black men. Read more: thetr.ac/P1Y7B

On June 23, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America” author Adam Winkler sit down with The Trace for a conversation about how guns have shaped American history, and what a safer future could look like. Register here: thetr.ac/tTafG

For decades, researchers have linked various forms of poverty to shootings. Now, a recent study revealed that eviction rates are connected to gun violence in Chicago. thetr.ac/SbvAk

On June 23, @jamellebouie.net and Adam Winkler will join The Trace for a conversation about how guns have shaped American history, and what a safer future could look like. Details and registration: thetr.ac/tTafG

Since the 1990s, researchers have connected poverty to gun violence. A recent first-of-its-kind study shows how housing instability relates to shootings in Chicago. Read more: thetr.ac/SbvAk

After a tumultuous 26-year journey through Indiana’s court system, the city of Gary’s historic lawsuit against the country’s largest gun manufacturers has come to an anticlimactic close. Read more: thetr.ac/E9xbo