As firearm sales have fallen, so have deaths and mass shootings. Trace reporter Chip Brownlee breaks down this year’s gun ...

ATF has traditionally only given gun tracing information to law enforcement, but the agency has recently begun releasing such data to the public under Freedom of Information Act requests. Here are ...

The government of Mexico says guns from the U.S. help fuel cartel violence. Now it's suing a major American gun maker and a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Tracing crime guns could give police an investigative lead. The system is outdated. Some have called it archaic. Federal law prevents it from being updated. There's a conversation ...

The city of Baltimore is suing the ATF over a 2003 law that prohibits local officials from accessing the agency’s firearms trace databases, CNN reports. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says the Tiahrt ...

Every time a gun fires a bullet, it puts unique markings on the exterior of the ammunition. Northeast Ohio Crime Gun Intelligence Center uses technology to match shell casings and guns.

What we forget is the centuries of history that got us to this long emergency of gun violence in America. Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks ...

The firearm found on the suspect in the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO is believed to have been an untraceable ghost gun, according to police.