Jennifer Mascia

3 weeks 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.

4 weeks 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.

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.

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?

1 month 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.