GOP-led states move to punish enforcement of red flag gun orders • Michigan Advance ERPO laws, also known as red flag laws, once enjoyed support from across the political spectrum. Now, six states have prohibited enforcing the orders — and in some cases, prescribed fines or criminal ...

GOP-led states move to punish enforcement of red flag gun orders

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From @bychipbrownlee.com for @thetrace.org

Trump’s Pardons Are Costing Shooting Survivors Millions A Trace analysis found that revenue once generated by fining white-collar criminals is drying up — now that the president has pardoned so many of them.

Trump's pardons are depriving the Crime Victims Fund of vital revenue.

So far $113M in criminal fines has been forgiven that could have gone to shooting survivors and other victims of violent crime.

My latest, w/@us.theguardian.com:

This Law May Help Prevent Mass Shootings, but GOP-Led States Are Trying to Ban It Republican lawmakers are seeking to punish anybody who enforces an extreme risk protection order.

Republican lawmakers are seeking to punish anybody who enforces an extreme risk protection order.

www.thetrace.org/2026/04/repu...

How This Deputy Mayor Plans to Reduce Violence in New York City Francois is the city’s first deputy mayor for community safety and will oversee the newly created Mayor’s Office of Community Safety.

Renita Francois is the city’s first deputy mayor for community safety and will oversee the newly created Mayor’s Office of Community Safety.

Read my interview with her:
www.thetrace.org/2026/04/reni...

No Public Outcry In Springfield After a Kid Is Killed. Why? Officials in Springfield, Illinois, created a task force to build trust with the community and prevent the type of shooting that claimed Cash Russell’s life. There’s little evidence it’s helping.

Around six months ago, a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a home in Springfield, Illinois.

The case is still unsolved.

But what stood out, especially in a city this size, was the silence around it.

For @thetrace.org I went to Springfield to understand why 🧵

New York City’s Spike in 3D-Printed Guns Prompts Push for Tougher Laws Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is advocating legislation that would make 3D-printing guns a crime.

Police in the nation’s biggest city are recovering a growing number of 3D-printed guns, law enforcement officials said.

www.thetrace.org/2026/04/3d-p...

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are increasing the cost of firearm ammunition. Business owners fear the war with Iran could drive prices higher.

The Trace spoke with gun and ammo shops about how they’re coping.
Read more: thetr.ac/ulp9m

Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry

Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...

This didn't happen. The perception that it did is largely based on fictional shows that were about rich people. Much more common was a household where one person (theoretically Dad in a het household) was the higher earner and paid the housing costs and the other paid utilities & food

‘Bridging the Divide’ on Firearms Laws A new project brought together people from opposing sides of the gun debate to craft model legislation for violence prevention.

Gun rights advocates joined with gun violence prevention leaders to create a set of state-level gun policies that both sides could live with.

A rare bit of good news on the gun beat from @bychipbrownlee.com:

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The Trace has fact-checked the president’s baseless claims about violent crime and immigrants during his State of the Union.

www.thetrace.org/2026/02/trum...

Bulletin: Lawmakers Blast Federal Funding Cuts to Gun Violence Prevention A Trace analysis found that the Trump administration has terminated grants worth more than $200 million for gun violence prevention programs and research.

“These actions will make Americans less safe and more vulnerable to gun violence,” Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks, and six members of Congress wrote in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Year-End 2025 Update - Council on Criminal Justice With homicide down 21%, the 2025 homicide rate may reach the lowest level ever recorded in law enforcement or public health data going back to 1900, CCJ’s year-end analysis finds.

The CCJ analysis is excellent as always. Here's a link:

The White House is touting a new analysis from the @counciloncj.org showing that homicides and crime reached record or near-record lows in 2025.

But violence has been falling at a quick pace since at least 2022, when the U.S. began recovering from the historic spike in violence that began in 2020.

Trump Has Slashed Federal Funding for Gun Violence Prevention. But How Much Exactly? For a new analysis, The Trace catalogued how many grants were canceled or redirected during Trump’s first year in office.

An administration that pushes "law and order" has pulled over $1 billion from gun violence prevention, mental health and public safety programs. More details on the numbers from @bychipbrownlee.com

Live: Federal agent shoots, injures man in north Minneapolis Gov. Tim Walz addressed Minnesotans in a live broadcast Wednesday night on the surge of federal immigration agents in the state. A federal judge has declined to immediately rule on the ICE surge in Minnesota.

Police have declared a north Minneapolis protest an "unlawful assembly" as demonstrators remain in the area after a federal agent shot a man in the leg.

We're still at the scene of the protest and will continue to provide updates on law enforcement actions.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, after a second shooting by federal agents in the city in a week:

“It’s certainly not creating safety when a huge percentage of the shootings that have taken place so far this year in Minneapolis have been by ICE.”

‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.

Breaking WaPo:

The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.

It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.

Mamdani Plans to Rewrite New York City’s Public Safety Playbook The new mayor has promised to focus on prevention. Here’s what experts think of his ideas.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani enters office with the city’s lowest gun violence rate on record. But rather than riding that wave, he’s preparing to overhaul the machinery of public safety itself.

What Can ICE’s History of Deadly Force Tell Us About the Renee Good Shooting? Journalist Lila Hassan spent years investigating how the agency deploys force — and how it treats agents who open fire.

Years before federal immigration agents shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, reporter Lila Hassan began investigating ICE’s history of deadly force. ICE’s January 7 shooting of Good resembles many of the shootings Hassan reviewed.

It Took Years to Rebuild Trust in Minneapolis After George Floyd. Then ICE Came. Community organizers fear that ICE's shooting of Renee Good could erode fragile gains made between residents and law enforcement.

A violence interrupter in Minneapolis got an alert about a shooting last week.

Then it updated: officer-involved.

“We automatically thought ICE.”

The aftermath illustrates how federal enforcement actions can undermine local public safety.

My latest for @thetrace.org

Federal immigration agents claimed they shot and killed Renee Good because she tried to run them over with her car. A law professor told The Trace about the policies governing use of force with moving vehicles and fleeing suspects. thetr.ac/22sk2

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids? The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.

“Everything about these incidents indicates that these are probably shootings that did not need to happen,” Christy Lopez, a former senior civil rights litigator at the Justice Department who now teaches at Georgetown Law, said after examining The Trace’s list in December.

The Trace has been tracking shootings related to Trump's immigration crackdown. With Portland, we're at 16. Please see our tracker for more detail @jenmascia.bsky.social @bychipbrownlee.com

Including yesterday's shooting of two people in Portland, The Trace has identified 44 incidents of use of force by federal immigration agents since January 2025.

That includes 16 shootings, 4 of which were fatal. Seven other people have been wounded.

www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...

The number also includes the shootings of five people driving away from traffic stops or evading an enforcement action.

At least four people have been killed and five others have been injured.

ICE agents in Minneapolis shot and killed a motorist, claiming she rammed her car into them. Video showed her backing up and driving away from the agents before they fired. Local officials rejected Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s assertion that the agents fired in self-defense. “The presence of federal immigration enforcement agents is causing chaos in our city,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey subsequently posted on X.

The Trace has identified 14 shootings by federal immigration agents as of January 7.

They include the shootings of three people observing or documenting ICE raids.

www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...