On October 9, the Trump administration officially suspended major portions of the 1934 National Firearms Act to allow for the sale of silencers, and short-barreled rifles and shotguns without federal authorization. The change marks an end to 90 years of regulation under the law.

Residents of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Douglas, Georgia, are reeling after experiencing mass shootings that were also murder-suicides and domestic homicides. The tragedies highlight a harsh reality: murder-suicide doesn’t get as much attention as mass shootings, though it happens more frequently.

A look inside the homegrown ecosystem that works to keep Memphis safe.

In September, claims that Americans use guns defensively an estimated 60,000 to 2.5 million times a year were put on the CDC’s site. Later that month, that number changed to 500,000. John Lott, an economist and gun researcher, first reported the update. Experts have now debunked his conclusions.

As the National Guard prowls city streets and federal funding for violence interruption dries up, a small but mighty team in Memphis works to stop teen gun violence before it happens.

Last year the Trump administration refocused the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Since then, the division has filed more than 10 lawsuits challenging firearm restrictions. Here’s what we found in our recent analysis.

New research adds to a growing body of work illustrating the effect of gun violence on overall physical health.

On October 8, an an ICE agent shot and injured Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old Dominican man, in New York City. It was one of at least 32 incidents in which immigration agents shot at people since President Donald Trump’s operations began last year.

Previous references to defensive gun use statistics on the CDC’s website were removed during the Biden administration. The statistics returned to the CDC’s site last month, upholding the long promoted idea that a “good guy with a gun” is the only thing stopping a “bad guy with a gun.”

The Trace has identified 32 incidents in which immigration agents shot at people since President Donald Trump’s operations began last year. Nine people were killed in these incidents. Another 15 people were injured.

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Some consequences of the nearly three dozen gun rule changes proposed by the Trump administration could last well beyond this presidency. Proposals like the administration’s direct-to-door online sales idea could have irreversible effects.

The Trace has found 32 incidents in which ICE agents shot at people since Trump’s operations began last year. The latest: On October 8, an ICE agent shot and injured Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old Dominican man, in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City.