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I wrote about the genesis of this story in the Gun Violence Data Hub newsletter last week mailchi.mp/thetrace/dat...

Older Americans have the highest rates of gun suicide of any age group. Not by a little — by a lot. Why? I spent months exploring this question through data, field reporting, and interviews with experts. Our story is up today on @thetrace.org www.thetrace.org/2025/09/gun-...

An analysis by The Trace and @gqmagazine.bsky.social provides a sobering look at a widespread phenomenon: We found that Americans age 70 and over had the highest suicide rates of any age group, and that their rates of suicide have increased in recent years.

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More and more older Americans are dying by firearm #suicide. Older white men and those in rural areas experience alarmingly high rates. #gunsense #gunsafety #mentalhealth

"Gun suicide is a greater killer of men over 70 than car crashes, our analysis showed. And if older men are in trouble, older white men are especially in trouble. They die by gun suicide at the highest rate — a rate more than triple that of Black and Latino men of the same age, and 19 times the..."

We've posted the data behind this story — on the alarming prevalence of gun suicides among older Americans — on the Gun Violence Data Hub. That includes county- and state-level data that journalists can use to investigate how this issue affects their communities datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/gun-...

Important, sobering story on something we rarely talk about from @amendelson.bsky.social @thetrace.org @gqmagazine.bsky.social. From our analysis: -Americans 70+ had the highest suicide rates -Gun suicides kill more men 70+ than car crashes -From 2009-23, 63,836 older Americans died by gun suicide

Startling new reporting from @amendelson.bsky.social at @thetrace.org: Americans 70+ have the highest suicide rates of any age group. Gun suicide is a greater killer of men over 70 than car crashes

Suicide among older men, particularly white men, is rising. Reporter amendelson.bsky.social goes deep and delivers illuminating details, like a gun store owner catching heat for trying to boost suicide awareness. Check it out: www.thetrace.org/2025/09/gun-...

Really important work by my colleague @amendelson.bsky.social and @thetrace.org's Data Hub. Give it a read.

Older Americans have the highest rates of gun suicide of any age group. Not by a little — by a lot. Why? I spent months exploring this question through data, field reporting, and interviews with experts. Our story is up today on @thetrace.org www.thetrace.org/2025/09/gun-...

Just finished the Seth Harp book — gripping, gruesome stuff

Lots of newsworthy stuff in the Gun Violence Data Hub — just yesterday, an Orlando Sentinel story cited one of our datasets. Reach out if you ever have Qs or want to use our data

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The last two weeks have seen 20+ active shooting hoaxes at colleges around the U.S. — including one at Iowa State University in my hometown of Ames. New analysis from @jenmascia.bsky.social www.thetrace.org/2025/09/swat...

This is great reporting, obviously, but also fascinating to watch @pablo.show unspool this investigative yarn in a format that feels very contemporary

I have completed the puzzle of the Eisenhower Boyhood Home

We have updated the Gun Violence Data Hub's page featuring data on mass shootings. This data comes from the Gun Violence Archive, and uses their definition of "a minimum of four victims shot." You can find more information and download the data at this link datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/mass...

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A psyop to distract from Tony Gonzalez being the greatest TE of all time, don't fall for it

As students head back to school in Chicago, many will be exposed to gun violence. @thetrace.org's Gun Violence Data Hub collaborated with @wgntv.com to track the alarming number of shootings near schools wgntv.com/news/wgn-inv...

It's insane you can't just download a file of all the parcel boundaries in the United States

FIFA might deserve your volunteer time the least of any organization on planet earth www.latimes.com/sports/socce...

Continues to amaze that, at the height of their fame, Radiohead copied a 13 year-old Neil Young song and were like "let's make this the single" www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXKR...

Yours truly penned this week's edition of the Gun Violence Data Hub newsletter. You can subscribe to that here if you don't get it already www.thetrace.org/newsletter/?...

This ATF mousepad goes pretty hard

We’ve launched a database with about 1.5 million pages of once-secret records detailing when law enforcement officers in California seriously injured someone or an agency found an officer violated policy with @kqednews.kqed.org, @sfchronicle.com @latimes.com @calmatters.org 1/

New @thetrace.org Gun Violence Data Hub analysis finds 2,700 shootings near Indiana schools over the past decade. Important reporting from our partners at the Indiana Capital Chronicle indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/08/04/c...

"a system designed not for political impact, but for enriching the consultants who operate it" data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...

yikes www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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Hey my care package from @intlanthem.bsky.social showed up!

"gun suicides rose for the sixth year in a row, to nearly 27,600, or almost two-thirds of all gun deaths last year" www.thetrace.org/2025/07/gun-...

ICE and the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command — which handles nuclear weapons — are halting thew use of the SIG Sauer P320 pistol. That's the gun that allegedly has fired without the trigger being pulled. New story up on @thetrace.org www.thetrace.org/2025/07/sig-...

Whether you're a long-term fan or wondering what the hype is all about, Jonathan's Weekly Chart might give you a new perspective of the famous Tour de France, about to reach its finish line this Sunday. 🏆 🏁 🚴‍♂️ www.datawrapper.de/blog/the-evo...

This might be the most offensive AI hallucination I've seen yet (see Wiki summary just below). Please apologize @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social

Gavin Newsom will have to clear several hurdles to bring home the Sig Sauer P365-Xmacro pistol Shawn Ryan gave him the other day. Good one from @hannahcwiley.bsky.social sfstandard.com/2025/07/18/n...

LAPD shootings are up this year, even as violent crime plunges www.nbclosangeles.com/investigatio...

It's with a heavy heart that I report that the Clipse song "All Things Considered" has nothing to do with afternoon public radio programming open.spotify.com/track/3iXd1Z...

Some good news: Homicides are way, way down in Los Angeles this year www.latimes.com/california/s...

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"The Trace analyzed fatal shootings between 2010 and 2024 and learned that of the 2,700 cases Chicago Police declared closed, almost a quarter of them were cleared because prosecutors declined to file charges" www.thetrace.org/2025/07/chic...

"the legislation appears on track to cut Medicaid by about 18 percent and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by roughly 20 percent" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

California ghost gun data now includes CY 2024! It's available by county and by law enforcement agency. Just updated this on @thetrace.org's Gun Violence Data Hub, check it out here ⬇️ datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/cali...

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Coming up at 2:30 at #IRE25! Learn how to localize @thetrace.org's data on gun violence for your community

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1/ Today is the 10-year anniversary of The Trace’s founding. To mark this milestone — a decade of covering this preventable public health crisis — we’ve rounded up some of the Trace stories that have had the greatest impact.