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The Trump administration has claimed violent crime is rampant in Oregon’s largest city. A Trace analysis shows that shootings have actually plummeted.

Here Are the Facts About Gun Violence in Portland

The Trump administration has claimed violent crime is rampant in Oregon’s largest city. A Trace analysis shows that shootings have actually plummeted.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 3h

A report by Community Justice shows that funding for outreach-based intervention fell from 63 percent among 100 cities in 2023 to 60 percent in 2024.

Bulletin: Violence Intervention Funding Is Being Cut as Cities Are Building Foundations

A report by Community Justice shows that funding for outreach-based intervention fell from 63 percent among 100 cities in 2023 to 60 percent in 2024.

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Brian Freskos @brianfreskos.bsky.social · 6h

Since the assassination of former state House Rep. Melissa Hortman and the Annunciation school shooting, calls have growing for gun reform in Minnesota. But as @bychipbrownlee.com reports, the path to reform runs through Republicans, making gun restrictions unlikely to pass.

Minnesota Lawmakers Are Gridlocked Over Gun Reform

The assassination of a former House speaker, followed by the deadly Annunciation school shooting, has reignited a battle over the state's gun laws.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 6h

The recent uptick in political attacks has shaken Americans. Researchers are examining the sentiments related to these acts.

Support of the NRA Is Linked to Support of Political Violence, New Research Finds

The recent uptick in political attacks has shaken Americans. Researchers are examining the sentiments related to these acts.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 10h

The June assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman — followed weeks later by a deadly mass shooting at Minneapolis's Annunciation Catholic School — has reignited the state's long-running fight over gun laws.

Minnesota Lawmakers Are Gridlocked Over Gun Reform

The assassination of a former House speaker, followed by the deadly Annunciation school shooting, has reignited a battle over the state's gun laws.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 10h

A series of shootings in York, Pennsylvania, prompted officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters. But a looming state Supreme Court ruling could invalidate these laws.

This Small Pennsylvania City Is Challenging the State’s Control Over Local Gun Laws

A series of shootings prompted York officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters. But the laws may not stick.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 23h

In 2016, the National Shooting Sports Foundation partnered with the country’s leading suicide prevention group to help reduce the annual suicide rate 20 percent by 2025. But the partnership failed, and secretly shut down well before the program’s end date.

A Program Backed by the Gun Industry Failed to Reduce Suicide — and Was Secretly Shut Down Early

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry.

The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

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Tali Woodward @taliwoodward.bsky.social · 1d

Must-read story from @mikespies.bsky.social about what actually happened to the gun industry's suicide prevention effort

mikespies.bsky.social @mikespies.bsky.social · 1d

1/My latest story, part 4 of our series “The Secret Files of the Gun Industry,” begins in in 2016, when the country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry to tackle the biggest form of gun death + help reduce suicide 20% by 2025 www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...

A Program Backed by the Gun Industry Failed to Reduce Suicide — and Was Secretly Shut Down Early

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 1d

Passing local gun restrictions is risky in Pennsylvania, because a “preemption” law gives the state the sole authority to regulate firearms. Despite the legal challenges, a number of cities, including Philadelphia and York, have passed their own gun safety measures.

This Small Pennsylvania City Is Challenging the State’s Control Over Local Gun Laws

A series of shootings prompted York officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters. But the laws may not stick.

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mikespies.bsky.social @mikespies.bsky.social · 1d

1/My latest story, part 4 of our series “The Secret Files of the Gun Industry,” begins in in 2016, when the country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry to tackle the biggest form of gun death + help reduce suicide 20% by 2025 www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...

A Program Backed by the Gun Industry Failed to Reduce Suicide — and Was Secretly Shut Down Early

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry.

The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

Exclusive from @thetrace.org and Rolling Stone: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 1d

In 2016, the country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry to tackle the biggest form of gun death. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never came close to meeting its goal. A trove of internal records shows why. With @rollingstone.com:

A Program Backed by the Gun Industry Failed to Reduce Suicide — and Was Secretly Shut Down Early

The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 2d

At least two people were killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday night. Alabama is among the states with the highest rates of shooting fatalities and injuries per 100,000 residents, a 2024 Trace analysis found.

You’re More Likely to Be Shot in Selma Than in Chicago

In the fall of 2021, Summer Tatum, a radiology technician in Prattville, Alabama, was looking forward to the birth of her first child, a boy. She had already chosen a name, Everett. But by last…

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 2d

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a major Second Amendment case: Wolford v. Lopez, a challenge to a Hawaii law regulating where people can carry guns.

Bulletin: Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to a Hawaii Gun Regulation

Justices added a major Second Amendment case to the docket.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 2d

Pennsylvania’s preemption law gives the state sole authority to regulate firearms. But Philadelphia, York, Reading, and Harrisburg — the state capital — have passed their own gun restrictions, anyway. A looming state Supreme Court ruling will decide whether they stick.

This Small Pennsylvania City Is Challenging the State’s Control Over Local Gun Laws

A series of shootings prompted York officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters. But the laws may not stick.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 2d

The attack on a Mormon church in Michigan was one of many similar shootings over the past 20 years, according to an analysis by The Trace.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 3d

“We just try to grow food, grow lives, and grow community. I think that's the only way that the world will get better — if everyone works hard at the same thing together.”

‘Hands in the Soil, Off the Trigger’

A community gardening program in Milwaukee teaches young people not only about tending to plants, but also about life.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 3d

The deployment of ICE to Chicago is based on the disproven claim that immigrants fuel a disproportionate amount of violent crime. Chicagoans fear for their safety as the deportation campaign intensifies.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 3d

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 4d

Researchers are looking to understand what’s led to the recent spate of political attacks. New studies show links between support of political violence and support of the NRA, as well as those with racist, transphobic, homophobic, and xenophobic beliefs.

Support of the NRA Is Linked to Support of Political Violence, New Research Finds

The recent uptick in political attacks has shaken Americans. Researchers are examining the sentiments related to these acts.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 4d

High-profile shooters keep writing messages on their ammo. An expert told The Trace that the inscriptions are meant to bring attention to the perpetrators’ violence and encourage others to participate.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 4d

How a Milwaukee community gardening program is working to prevent violence:

‘Hands in the Soil, Off the Trigger’

A community gardening program in Milwaukee teaches young people not only about tending to plants, but also about life.

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 5d

As The Trace’s Jennifer Mascia wrote after Charlie Kirk’s killing, “Is the shooter a Democrat or Republican” has come to dominate the national conversation.

Bulletin: Another High-Profile Shooting, Another Political Blame Game

On Sunday, a man armed with a rifle rammed his truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, and started shooting. He killed two people and wounded…

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The Trace @thetrace.org · 5d

Two recent studies from the Centers for Violence Prevention at the University of California, Davis, aim to understand how political acts of violence are linked to certain beliefs and support of specific organizations. Their findings are striking.

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