George LeVines
@g3org3.bsky.social
Editor, Gun Violence Data Hub - The Trace. 🏍 ⚾ 🛠 ... This is definitely not the best place to reach me. first dot last at gmail dot com.
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Powerful story from @taylorblatchford.bsky.social on suicide among older Washingtonians, drawing in part on Gun Violence Data Hub figures www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Powerful story from @taylorblatchford.bsky.social on suicide among older Washingtonians, drawing in part on Gun Violence Data Hub figures www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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My latest for @thetrace.org challenges a common narrative. That gun violence “starts in the home”.
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
He Patrolled the Neighborhoods Where His Sons Were Drawn into Violence
Despite Adlone Morris's best attempts, he couldn't keep his sons from joining a gang as teenagers. Now they all work to make Detroit safer.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My latest for @thetrace.org challenges a common narrative. That gun violence “starts in the home”.
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
Adlone Morris was a Detroit cop and a devoted father. Still, his sons got caught up in the streets he patrolled.
Their story highlights the complexities of gun violence that are often ignored [1]
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Powerful story out today from @oklahomawatch.bsky.social that localizes the Gun Violence Data Hub's reporting on the alarming rates of gun suicide among older Americans
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
Isolation, Illness and Guns: Why More Older Oklahomans Are Dying by Suicide - Oklahoma Watch
More older Americans are dying by gun suicide. The rate is particularly high in Oklahoma, and especially in rural counties.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Powerful story out today from @oklahomawatch.bsky.social that localizes the Gun Violence Data Hub's reporting on the alarming rates of gun suicide among older Americans
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/07/i...
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After two children were killed in a school shooting, Minnesota lawmakers formed a bipartisan group to find common ground on gun violence prevention. Two meetings in, they're already at a standstill, split between seeing guns as a crisis or a culture. My latest for @thetrace.org
Minnesota’s Gun Politics Mirror the Nation’s Divide
State legislators established a gun violence working group after a high-profile school shooting. A debate over a basic safety measure has left them at a standstill.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
After two children were killed in a school shooting, Minnesota lawmakers formed a bipartisan group to find common ground on gun violence prevention. Two meetings in, they're already at a standstill, split between seeing guns as a crisis or a culture. My latest for @thetrace.org
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It's projects like this that make me proud to be part of @thetrace.org. I'm from Brownsville, and I don't think I've ever seen it captured this way in any other news outlet.
These Neighborhood Groups Are Fighting to Rewrite Brownsville’s Legacy of Violence
I first met Gene Krell in February of 2020, when I was photographing the Black Lives Matter movement in New York City. Krell was a native of Brownsville, a residential neighborhood on the east side of...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's projects like this that make me proud to be part of @thetrace.org. I'm from Brownsville, and I don't think I've ever seen it captured this way in any other news outlet.
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@thetrace.org updated its Atlas of American Gun Violence, a detailed, searchable map showing where and when shootings happen across the U.S. An essential tool.
Where Are People Being Shot in America?
The Trace’s Atlas of American Gun Violence has been updated to allow you to search by address, county, congressional district, type of shooting — and to download maps.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@thetrace.org updated its Atlas of American Gun Violence, a detailed, searchable map showing where and when shootings happen across the U.S. An essential tool.
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Today, we're debuting a new feature on @thetrace.org called 92 Days in Gun Violence. It's a quarterly update. The big finding thru Q3 is that have been fewer shooting deaths in 2025 than any year in a decade.
Plus more on gun sales, our work, and recent research:
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/shoo...
Plus more on gun sales, our work, and recent research:
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/shoo...
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today, we're debuting a new feature on @thetrace.org called 92 Days in Gun Violence. It's a quarterly update. The big finding thru Q3 is that have been fewer shooting deaths in 2025 than any year in a decade.
Plus more on gun sales, our work, and recent research:
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/shoo...
Plus more on gun sales, our work, and recent research:
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/shoo...
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Gun dealers talk to @champebarton.bsky.social about the drop in demand, what drives sales, and the state of the industry.
Some dealers are seeing folks who bought during the pandemic sales surge now seeking to sell their guns.
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...
Some dealers are seeing folks who bought during the pandemic sales surge now seeking to sell their guns.
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...
Gun Stores Are Struggling Under Trump
Dealers say the president’s gun-friendly policies have actually hurt their sales. “People have a tendency to want what they feel is under threat," one said.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Gun dealers talk to @champebarton.bsky.social about the drop in demand, what drives sales, and the state of the industry.
Some dealers are seeing folks who bought during the pandemic sales surge now seeking to sell their guns.
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...
Some dealers are seeing folks who bought during the pandemic sales surge now seeking to sell their guns.
www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...
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1/My latest story, part 4 of our series “The Secret Files of the Gun Industry,” begins in in 2016, when the country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry to tackle the biggest form of gun death + help reduce suicide 20% by 2025 www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...
A Program Backed by the Gun Industry Failed to Reduce Suicide — and Was Secretly Shut Down Early
The country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry. The effort was good for public relations and raising money, but it never met its goal, and internal records show why.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
1/My latest story, part 4 of our series “The Secret Files of the Gun Industry,” begins in in 2016, when the country’s best-known suicide prevention group teamed up with the gun industry to tackle the biggest form of gun death + help reduce suicide 20% by 2025 www.thetrace.org/2025/10/gun-...
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Powerful story from @wyofile.com on gun suicides in the 70+ population in Wyoming, the state with the highest rate in the entire country.
@andrewgraham88.bsky.social got responses from Gov. Mark Gordon and legislative leaders
wyofile.com/older-wyomin...
@andrewgraham88.bsky.social got responses from Gov. Mark Gordon and legislative leaders
wyofile.com/older-wyomin...
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Powerful story from @wyofile.com on gun suicides in the 70+ population in Wyoming, the state with the highest rate in the entire country.
@andrewgraham88.bsky.social got responses from Gov. Mark Gordon and legislative leaders
wyofile.com/older-wyomin...
@andrewgraham88.bsky.social got responses from Gov. Mark Gordon and legislative leaders
wyofile.com/older-wyomin...
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Sunday's church attack in Michigan was at least the 20th high-profile shooting at a U.S. house of worship over the past two decades.
Collectively, these shootings left at least 92 dead and 100 wounded.
Collectively, these shootings left at least 92 dead and 100 wounded.
A Timeline of High-Profile Shootings at Houses of Worship
The attack on a Mormon church in Michigan was one of many similar shootings over the past 20 years, according to an analysis by The Trace.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sunday's church attack in Michigan was at least the 20th high-profile shooting at a U.S. house of worship over the past two decades.
Collectively, these shootings left at least 92 dead and 100 wounded.
Collectively, these shootings left at least 92 dead and 100 wounded.
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Sobering story from @themainemonitor.org on the high rates of gun suicides among older Mainers.
They're the first newsroom to use a new Gun Violence Data Hub dataset to localize a story on this subject.
themainemonitor.org/maine-suicid...
They're the first newsroom to use a new Gun Violence Data Hub dataset to localize a story on this subject.
themainemonitor.org/maine-suicid...
How Maine's rates of gun suicide compare to national trends
More older Mainers died by gun suicide than in car crashes over a 15-year period, data that mirrors a troubling trend across the country.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sobering story from @themainemonitor.org on the high rates of gun suicides among older Mainers.
They're the first newsroom to use a new Gun Violence Data Hub dataset to localize a story on this subject.
themainemonitor.org/maine-suicid...
They're the first newsroom to use a new Gun Violence Data Hub dataset to localize a story on this subject.
themainemonitor.org/maine-suicid...
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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-...
That includes county- and state-level data that journalists can use to investigate how this issue affects their communities
datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/gun-...
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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-...
That includes county- and state-level data that journalists can use to investigate how this issue affects their communities
datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/gun-...
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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-...
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-...
The Quiet Crisis: What’s Driving Gun Suicides Among Older Americans?
More and more older Americans are dying by firearm suicide, a new analysis from The Trace and GQ reveals. Older white men and those in rural areas experience alarmingly high rates.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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-...
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-...
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Public health experts say framing gun violence solely as an “urban” issue ignores rising rates in rural communities, especially suicides, and risks sidelining proven solutions.
@fairrionam.bsky.social digs into this in her latest piece for @thetrace.org
@fairrionam.bsky.social digs into this in her latest piece for @thetrace.org
Trump’s Fixation on Urban Crime Ignores Worsening Rural Violence, Experts Say
Public health researchers say the premise behind the president’s federal intervention in D.C. disregards key progress, and sidelines critical suicide prevention efforts.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Public health experts say framing gun violence solely as an “urban” issue ignores rising rates in rural communities, especially suicides, and risks sidelining proven solutions.
@fairrionam.bsky.social digs into this in her latest piece for @thetrace.org
@fairrionam.bsky.social digs into this in her latest piece for @thetrace.org
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As people once again think about gun reforms in the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, I hope you’ll read my latest story, which is based on gun industry documents and pubbed in partnership with @thetrace.org and @rollingstone.com
www.thetrace.org/2025/08/gun-...
www.thetrace.org/2025/08/gun-...
Gun Rights Supporters Could Accept Significant Regulations, Per Industry’s Research
After Parkland, the gun industry found that people with “positive feelings” about gun ownership were open to common reform arguments.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As people once again think about gun reforms in the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, I hope you’ll read my latest story, which is based on gun industry documents and pubbed in partnership with @thetrace.org and @rollingstone.com
www.thetrace.org/2025/08/gun-...
www.thetrace.org/2025/08/gun-...
This is the kind of story we can help your newsroom produce! Reach out via our help desk to get the ball rolling: datahub.thetrace.org/help-desk/
August 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is the kind of story we can help your newsroom produce! Reach out via our help desk to get the ball rolling: datahub.thetrace.org/help-desk/
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Some exciting news: The Gun Violence Data Hub, the @thetrace.org project I work on, is open for business. You can head over to submit Qs to our team and find resources for covering gun violence www.thetrace.org/2024/11/the-...
The Trace Launches the Gun Violence Data Hub
The new initiative is made up of a live help desk, tip sheets, and a soon-to-come data library.
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November 13, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Some exciting news: The Gun Violence Data Hub, the @thetrace.org project I work on, is open for business. You can head over to submit Qs to our team and find resources for covering gun violence www.thetrace.org/2024/11/the-...