In the wake of the Oregon college shooting, the website beliefnet.com caused a stir on social media with an article titled “Harvard University Study Reveals Astonishing Link Between Firearms, Crime and Gun Control.” The post pointed to a “virtually unpublicized” 2007 paper by Don Kates and Gary Mauser that uses international data to argue that […]| The Trace
Your tax-deductible donation to The Trace will directly support nonprofit journalism on gun violence and its effects on our communities.| The Trace
Your tax-deductible donation to The Trace will directly support nonprofit journalism on gun violence and its effects on our communities.| The Trace
An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to shining a light on America's gun violence crisis.| The Trace
Nemesia Martinez was working at one of Mississippi’s dozens of poultry plants on July 20, 2016, when she missed a call from her neighbor. It was 9 p.m., and her shift defeathering and extracting the livers from chickens at a facility about an hour outside Jackson, wouldn’t end until 10:30. But Martinez had a feeling […]| The Trace
We attempt to pin down a central — yet elusive — data point in the conversation around gun violence.| The Trace
Can increasing armed school security reduce deaths from active shootings or deter the attacks in the first place? Experts say the data is not encouraging.| The Trace