A fascinating article on gun smuggling from the U.S. into Canada highlights the importance of gun tracing as a tool to fight gun crimes. The story follows a gun found at a crime scene with its serial number ground off. It was eventually traced to a purchase made in Keene, New Hampshire. The buyer was
Image by ChatGPT. Irony by Colorado Ceasefire. An absolutely harrowing story in Mother Jones last week—this one is really scary. It details the case of Phoenix Ikner, who killed two people and injured six in an April 2025 shooting at Florida State University. In the hours before the shooting, Ikner asked ChatGPT questions about guns,
Gary Walker Jones/Unsplash The Colorado Bureau of Investigation set a new record last month, receiving 59,452 background check requests—nearly triple the number of applications compared with the same period last July, when it processed 20,172 gun background checks. The Bureau, which expected the rush, said it was in anticipation of Senate Bill 3, passed in
Everytown Law and GIFFORDS Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence have shared a first-of-its-kind online tracker documenting more than ten years of lawsuits filed against gun-industry defendants. The tool aims to give survivors and litigators a roadmap to navigate the legal protections that Congress has given the gun industry. The database follows lawsuits nationwide in
A teenage boy who carried out a mass shooting at his Georgia high school has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts against him. Colt Gray, 16, agreed to a non-negotiated guilty plea, the judge said, meaning there is no plea deal; the state will present its argument for an appropriate sentence, and the defense will
Immo Wegmann/Unsplash The American Federation of Teachers passed a groundbreaking resolution on gun violence prevention at its national convention. The resolution builds on past efforts by committing the union to work with school districts to educate parents around the dangers of unsecured firearms in the home. According to the U.S. Secret Service, nearly 7 million
Gary Walker Jones/Unsplash The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that New Jersey’s ban on assault weapons is unconstitutional, upholding a lower court’s ruling and broadening it to strike down larger parts of the state’s strict gun regulations. New Jersey has long had some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country. In
Colorado Ceasefire, Colorado’s longest-running grassroots gun violence prevention organization, released the following statement after a weekend marred by multiple instances of gun violence in Colorado. Two people were killed in separate shootings in Green Valley Ranch on Friday evening and Globeville on Saturday morning. Also on Saturday, a man was killed in a shooting in
Prosecutors Against Gun Violence has sent a letter to major 3D-printer companies Bambu Lab, Creality, and Flashforge urging them to proactively implement printer-based solutions blocking the manufacturing of 3D-printed firearms and parts. The letter, which builds on the work of the Manhattan, NY District Attorney’s Office to engage directly with companies, comes in the wake
Gun Violence Prevention groups including Brady, Everytown for Gun Safety, and GIFFORDS have submitted their first joint public comments opposing proposed federal rules that would significantly weaken firearms regulations and increase the risk of gun violence nationwide. The organizations warned that the proposed rules— the bulk of which were announced in April by the Department
