Giorgio Trovato/Unsplash The Atlantic has a well-reported piece on how pro-gun political-action committees dramatically increase contributions to their preferred U.S. House candidates in the districts where fatal school shootings occur. The piece cites a Stanford University study that found such spending did not happen after other incidents of mass gun violence, or after nonfatal school
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reposted highly disputed defensive gun use numbers last month, The Trace has found. The CDC’s web page on firearm injury and death prevention has now been edited to say Americans use guns to defend themselves an estimated 60,000 to 2.5 million times each year. Numbers on the actual
This week marks the third annual SMART Week, when we work to spread the word on the critical importance of secure firearm storage in gun violence prevention. You can help! Be SMART promotes secure gun storage as a means to prevent kids under 18 and other unauthorized users from accessing guns: Secure all guns in
Matthew Ansley/Unsplash The U.S. Justice Department finalized a rule last week enabling people who have lost their gun rights after felony convictions to apply to get those rights back. It’s the latest move in the administration’s fealty to the gun lobby, which also includes rolling back restrictions on suppressors and suing cities and states with
The FMDA (Free Men Don’t Ask) 3D-printed gun A federal judge in Texas last week ruled that a regulation targeting ‘ghost guns’ is unconstitutional, even after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it last year. The regulation requires that firearms kits and parts, including partially complete frames or receivers, be marked with serial numbers. Sellers must
