Jennifer Mascia

New York

Miami-born CA-bred New Yorker @columbiajourn @Hunter_College @MVHS_Diablos alum Senior news writer @TeamTrace. @CNN contributor. Past: @nytimes

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Articles

Under Trump, ‘Highly Unusual’ Actions on Gun Violence Become the Norm

2 weeks ago | thetrace.org | Sunny Sone |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace In late April, hundreds of organizations across the country were notified that the Justice Department was yanking back grant funding they’d been promised during the Biden administration. The cancellation is “highly unusual,” Amy Solomon, former assistant attorney general who oversaw the Office of Justice Programs, told the Associated Press.
The Gun Industry Makes Billions. But How Many Exactly?

2 weeks ago | thetrace.org | Jennifer Mascia

The Trace Here at Ask The Trace, we get our fair share of questions about the gun industry, specifically the profits and legal protections enjoyed by firearm and ammunition companies. The fewer restrictions on their products, the more money they can make from sales. Supporters of stronger gun laws have sought in recent years to tie the gun debate back to the profits and revenues reaped by firearms manufacturers.
Some Mass Shooting Survivors Find Themselves at Another Tragedy

3 weeks ago | thetrace.org | Sunny Sone |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace A couple years ago, The Trace’s Jennifer Mascia and I worked on a piece about how mass shootings overlap. It was just after the shooting at Michigan State University, and it was prompted by the startling fact that alumni of Oxford High School — where a mass shooting had taken place just 15 months earlier — were on campus, amid gunfire once again. A Sandy Hook survivor was there, too. They are not the only survivors to have found themselves at the scene of another tragedy.
How Florida Gun Laws Changed Between Parkland and FSU

4 weeks ago | thetrace.org | Jennifer Mascia

The Trace On April 17, seven people were shot, two of them fatally, at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Just a mile from campus, at the State Capitol, Republican lawmakers are trying to unwind a raft of gun reforms passed in the wake of another school shooting. It marks a radical reversal from just a few years ago.
What Generation Is Most Affected by Gun Violence?

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Jennifer Mascia |Chip Brownlee

The Trace Last summer, as she geared up to vote in her first presidential election, Gen Z voter Timberlyn Mazeikis told ABC News that there was a simple reason she was casting her ballot: “Gun violence is the leading cause of death in our generation.” The college senior had lived through the 2023 mass shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five others injured.
Supreme Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Ghost Gun Rule

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Chip Brownlee |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace The Supreme Court on March 26 upheld a Biden administration rule targeting the proliferation of unserialized, untraceable “ghost guns,” allowing federal authorities to regulate the sale of kits and parts used to assemble the weapons. The 7-2 decision in Bondi v. VanDerStok allows the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to enforce a 2022 regulation aimed at addressing what law enforcement has described as a growing public safety crisis.
How Disrupting the Department of Education Could Hurt Shooting Survivors

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Fairriona Magee |Sunny Sone |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace President Donald Trump has fulfilled his years-long promise to dismantle the Department of Education. Last week, he signed an executive order instructing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps” to effectively dissolve the agency. To entirely close the Education Department, Trump would need congressional support.
What Questions Do You Have About Guns in America?

1 month ago | thetrace.org | Jennifer Mascia

The Trace Seven years ago, we introduced a series called Ask The Trace that solicited your questions about guns. Submissions poured in, allowing us to tackle topics big and small:How many guns are circulating in the U.S.? Are mass shootings contagious? How often are handguns and rifles used for self-defense? Do gun buybacks work? How often do road rage shootings occur? Are most mass shootings perpetrated with AR-15s?
What Kash Patel’s Leadership Could Mean for the ATF

2 months ago | thetrace.org | Champe Barton |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace President Donald Trump’s February 24 appointment of FBI Director Kash Patel to also serve as acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has stirred fears among former ATF officials and gun violence prevention advocates about a dramatic shakeup at the nation’s top gun regulator. Patel will lead a workforce of more than 5,000 ATF employees charged with investigating violent gun crime and regulating the country’s sprawling firearms industry.
With Trump and Sheinbaum, an Ongoing Battle Over Guns

2 months ago | thetrace.org | Victoria Clark |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace The beginning of Donald Trump’s second presidency marked a dramatic turn in the country’s relationship with Mexico. In an attempt to pressure the nation to restrict illegal migration and drug smuggling along the southern border, Trump threatened to raise tariffs on Mexican imports by 25 percent.