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George LeVines

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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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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One Chain. 8,500 Crime Guns. Our latest sheds local light on the gun dealers linked to crime guns in their own communities — a list that includes Turner's Outdoorsman outlets across California. www.thetrace.org/2026/08/cali...
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I don't post every time we update the Gun Violence Data Hub — but we've added some significant data recently. Check it out, find your next story: datahub.thetrace.org/data-library...
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Fascinating look at the Black Lion Party, who are conducting daily armed patrols and ruffling a lot of feathers around Philadelphia www.thetrace.org/2026/02/phil...
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Inspired by the Black Panthers, Armed Citizen Patrols Have Returned to Philadelphia
An organization calling itself the Black Lion Party says it intends to protect the public from immigration agents, the police, and criminals.
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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...
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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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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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...
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Will Van Sant @vansant.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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-...
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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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mikespies.bsky.social @mikespies.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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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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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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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...
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Older Wyomingites die by gun suicide at rates higher than the rest of the nation - WyoFile
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, you can call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. This
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Brian Freskos @brianfreskos.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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.
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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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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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...
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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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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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-...
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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-...
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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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mikespies.bsky.social @mikespies.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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-...
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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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George LeVines @g3org3.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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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Help Desk
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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-...
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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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George LeVines @g3org3.bsky.social · 26/04/2023
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