Jennifer Mascia

1 week ago | thetrace.org | Sunny Sone |Jennifer Mascia

The Trace It’s Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer and the time of year when many begin preparing for a seasonal spike in gun violence. As The Trace’s Fairriona Magee has reported, research has linked high temperatures and shootings. A 2021 study found that abnormally high daily temperatures in U.S. cities were associated with higher levels of shootings.

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

The Trace On Thursday, U.S. Representative Andrew Clyde logged a win. The Georgia Republican, who owns a gun shop that sells silencers on its website, took credit for pushing through a provision in President Donald Trump’s tax bill that cut taxes on silencers — one of the most highly regulated gun accessories in the country — and, per Politico, otherwise removes them from being regulated under the National Firearms Act.

2 weeks ago | thetrace.org | Jennifer Mascia

The Trace On May 16, the Trump administration announced an agreement to permit the sale of forced reset triggers, a matchbook-sized device that enables semiautomatic rifles to fire faster than M16 machine guns. The policy shift, reportedly made despite the objections of the chief counsel at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was greeted with alarm by gun violence prevention groups, but experts are divided over how much practical impact the change will have.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.