Katie Worth

Apr 11, 2024 | thetrace.org | Fairriona Magee |Selin Thomas |Katie Worth

The TraceWhen a minor earthquake struck the East Coast last week, second-grade teacher Abbey Clements saw the fearful look in her students’ eyes, “searching for answers and safety in me.” It was a look she and countless teachers across the country have become well accustomed to in recent years, but for a very different reason — anxiety brought on by the fear of another school shooting.

Apr 8, 2024 | thetrace.org | Sunny Sone |Katie Worth

The TraceLast week, the ATF released an in-depth report on gun trafficking in the U.S. — the first such in-depth analysis in more than 20 years, the Associated Press reported. The report, covering closed ATF investigations between 2017 and 2021, found that in nearly one-quarter of the cases surveyed, trafficked firearms were used in further crimes, including homicide, attempted homicide, and aggravated assault.

Apr 5, 2024 | thetrace.org | Sunny Sone |Katie Worth

The TraceAmerica’s civilian firearms market was built on advertising. Since Samuel Colt sold his gun as the weapon that won the Mexican-American War, gunmakers have used marketing to promulgate a mythos of firearm ownership — one that, particularly in recent years, has pushed the message that guns are the solution to an unsafe world. It’s been a hard story to shake.

Apr 4, 2024 | thetrace.org | Sunny Sone |Katie Worth

The TraceTwo years ago, governance in Kenosha County, Wisconsin — where the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake and the killings of two protesters by Kyle Rittenhouse continue to resonate — took a sharp right turn.

Apr 4, 2024 | theguardian.com | Katie Worth

High school students Egypt Paige (left) and Aeja Hood at Percy Julian high school in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph: Akilah Townsend for the TraceThis story is a collaboration between the Guardian and the Trace, a non-profit newsroom covering guns in America. A more detailed version of the story can be found here. Once upon a time in America, people rolled their eyes at seatbelts, four out of 10 high school students smoked cigarettes, and campers left their fires smoldering through the night.