Champe Barton

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Reporter at The Trace

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Ghost Guns - The Trace

1 week ago | thetrace.org | Jennifer Mascia |Champe Barton |Chip Brownlee |Alain Stephens

Reporter Reporter Chip is a reporter at The Trace covering federal policy related to violence prevention and firearms. He is also the author of The Trajectory newsletter, which spotlights the people, policies, and programs grappling with America’s gun violence crisis. Before joining The Trace as an investigative fellow in June 2020, Chip worked as a reporter and the editor-in-chief of his collegiate newspaper, .
A gun deemed too dangerous for cops, but fine for civilians

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Champe Barton

This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Shortly after dark one day in September 2022, police officers Yang Lee and Charles Laskey-Castle arrived on Milwaukee’s west side to investigate a car abandoned on the sidewalk. Lee knelt to examine the driver’s side floorboard as Laskey-Castle stood behind him. Then Lee rose — and his holstered gun fired a bullet into his partner’s leg.
What Happens to a Gun That’s Deemed Too Dangerous for Police to Carry?

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Sunny Sone |Champe Barton

The Trace In 2022, the Milwaukee Police Department moved to replace its SIG Sauer P320 pistol — one of the most popular handguns in America, and one that’s been used by law enforcement agencies across the country — with weapons from another manufacturer, after body camera footage captured an officer’s holstered gun firing a bullet into his partner’s leg. It was at least the third time in three years that a Milwaukee officer’s P320 had allegedly fired without a trigger pull.
Police Drop P320s Over Safety Worries, Then Resell to the Public

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Champe Barton

The Trace Shortly after dark one day in September 2022, police officers Yang Lee and Charles Laskey-Castle arrived on Milwaukee’s west side to investigate a car abandoned on the sidewalk. Lee knelt to examine the driver’s side floorboard as Laskey-Castle stood behind him. Then Lee rose — and his holstered gun fired a bullet into his partner’s leg.
Ava Sasani, Champe Barton, Author at Reveal

1 month ago | revealnews.org | Champe Barton

Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols—alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled—to the public.
Another ATF Leadership Shakeup, an Employee Exodus, and Low Morale

2 months ago | thetrace.org | Champe Barton

The Trace This month’s news that Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll had taken over as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was the latest in a string of unexpected developments at the agency. The turmoil has caused an exodus of senior-level employees and left remaining staff feeling discouraged and destabilized, current and former officials told The Trace.
Trump Administration Ends Zero-Tolerance Policy for Lawbreaking Gun Dealers

2 months ago | thetrace.org | Chip Brownlee |Champe Barton

The Trace The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced April 7 that it is ending its zero tolerance policy for lawbreaking gun dealers, rolling back a Biden-era crackdown that triggered the steepest increase in gun store license revocations in the agency’s history.
ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

Mar 24, 2025 | trib.com | Champe Barton

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ATF urges police to stop reselling used guns

Mar 24, 2025 | beatricedailysun.com | Champe Barton

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Police Agencies Are Rethinking Policies on Reselling Their Used Guns

Mar 19, 2025 | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Champe Barton |Chris Hacker

The Trace Last year, an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting found that more than 52,000 former police guns resurfaced in homicides, shootings, robberies, and other crimes between 2006 and 2022. Since then, The Trace’s Champe Barton and CBS News’ Chris Hacker report, over a dozen agencies have pledged to stop reselling their guns or are reconsidering the practice.