After every American mass shooting, the gun debate is drowned in one question: What about Chicago? Today, we're answering it.

"How the A.T.F., Key to Biden’s Gun Plan, Became an N.R.A. ‘Whipping Boy’" -NYT

"The ATF’s Nonsensical Non-Searchable Gun Databases, Explained" -The Trace

University of Chicago Firearms Reports

Illinois 2020 Firearms Trace Data

Giffords 2019 Memo on ATF

"How the NRA Hobbled the ATF" - Mother Jones

"The ATF: A Portrait of an Impotent Bureau" -Washington Monthly

Giffords' explainer of Tiahrt Amendments

Everytown Gun Trace Reform Proposal

Murder and Gun Homicides by City

"Their Guns Fueled Chicago Crime. When They Broke the Law, The ATF Went Easy" -The Trace

"How the NRA became ATF's biggest enemy" -SF Gate

Pascrell, Leahy Gun Tracing Bill

Quigley Trace Act

Lee, Menendez Gun Record Bill

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