Dec 31, 2024 · Chip is a reporter at The Trace covering federal policy related to violence prevention and firearms. He is also the author of The Trajectory newsletter, which spotlights the people, policies, and programs grappling with America’s gun violence crisis.

Dec 11, 2024 · In June 2023, the town council in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, voted unanimously to install the gunshot detection service ShotSpotter. The town would get the system up and running in a few square miles of the city using $297,000 in federal COVID relief funding. “Crime is an issue, but it’s not unique to Phillipsburg,” Councilmember Keith Kennedy said after the vote.

Dec 20, 2024 · The Landscape Is Different, but America’s Strong Relationship With Firearms Persists. As Mike Spies wrote in his coda about former NRA chief Wayne LaPierre, after a jury found him liable for misuse of the nonprofit’s funds, the gun rights movement has transformed America. And as explored in In Guns We Trust, our podcast series with Longlead, anchored by senior newswriter Jennifer Mascia ...

Chip is a reporter at The Trace covering federal policy related to violence prevention and firearms. He is also the author of The Trajectory newsletter, which spotlights the people, policies, and programs grappling with America’s gun violence crisis.

Sep 26, 2024 · A person shot in Chicago is more likely to die from it today than they would have been 13 years ago. Fatal shootings have made up a steadily larger share of the city’s gun violence statistics, according to a Trace analysis of data from the City of Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard and studies from the University of Chicago Crime Lab.

Oct 10, 2024 · As Chicago’s ShotSpotter microphones shut down following years of controversy about the gunshot detection device, the Chicago Transit Authority is trying out a new tool designed to detect the presence of firearms — this time, through video surveillance.. Through a $200,000 pilot, CTA is adding ZeroEyes, a software that uses artificial intelligence and human analysis to scan surveillance ...

Jun 24, 2024 · A Georgia jury has found New Hampshire-based gunmaker SIG Sauer liable in the shooting of a man who claimed his P320 pistol fired when he did not pull the trigger. The jury also awarded him $2.35 million in damages. It’s the third of several dozen lawsuits involving the company’s flagship handgun to go to trial, […]

Jul 11, 2015 · In the United States, anybody who wants to buy a gun from a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) is subject to a background check. Since 1998, when the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, went online, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has processed more than 320 million of them.. The overwhelming majority of gun background checks take just minutes to clear the ...

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Dec 4, 2024 · In June, a Georgia jury delivered SIG Sauer its first legal loss, awarding $2.35 million in damages to Robert Lang, whose holstered P320 fired a bullet into his thigh as he attempted to remove the gun from his waistband. Days later, New Hampshire Public Radio revealed that nine U.S. military personnel experienced unintentional discharges with a military variant of the gun, which includes an ...