Almost a year ago now, I spotted a crop of lawsuits filed against the gunmaker SIG Sauer from people who claimed the company’s flagship pistol — the P320 — had fired on them when they didn’t pull its trigger.
Some of the injuries were gruesome.
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like @joysharonyi and her video squad, who produced a moving documentary to accompany the story, or @brianrmonroe who animated a highly technical graphic of the internal operation of the pistol. The story is clearer, sharper, and more compelling for their contributions.
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read it! washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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champe barton retweeted
Big news: We’re officially launching our local reporting initiative.
We’ve created local bureaus in two cities, Chicago and Philadelphia, and hired four great reporters.
Today, we’re unveiling a dedicated home for coverage on our website: thetr.ac/7WPhs
ALT A map of the continental United States with white circles highlighting Chicago and Philadelphia, and a logo for The Trace in the corner, on a light orange background
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champe barton retweeted
Starting next week, I will be a public health reporter covering gun violence @teamtrace. Really grateful to have the opportunity to cover such an important topic and work with a team whose work I admire so much.
Please send tips and ideas as I get started!
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champe barton retweeted
NEW: Since early 2020, shootings have surged — and at the same time, gun and ammunition sales have skyrocketed, scoring record-breaking profits for the companies that manufacture them.
From @champebarton, in partnership with @RollingStone: thetr.ac/6rNVD
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champe barton retweeted
Since early 2020, shootings have surged — and at the same time, gun and ammunition sales have skyrocketed, scoring record-breaking profits for the companies that manufacture them. In partnership with @teamtrace: rol.st/3arMhjw
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about a quarter of all guns recovered in Chicago every year come from just a small handful of gun stores.
@ATFHQ inspected those stores several times over the last decade. It found egregious violations of federal law, but revoked no licenses:
thetrace.org/2022/04/chicago…
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My reporting follows a much larger investigation by @AlainStephens, our former (😢) colleagues @BrianFreskos & @dnlnss, and @USATODAY’s @npenzenstadler, which found a similar pattern of toothless inspections across more than 2000 gun stores from 2015-2017
thetrace.org/2021/05/atf-ins…
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all of which, former Biden ATF Director nom @davidchipman told me, adds up to a regulatory agency that appears to value its closeness with the gun industry over its obligation to protect the public from that industry’s misconduct
thetrace.org/2022/04/chicago…
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