"Heavy Metal" reporter covering arms trafficking and violence. +Host of The Gun Machine podcast đź“» @wbur
San Diego, CA
Joined May 2014
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Impressive work from @champebarton and @AlainStephens: Shot by a Civilian Wielding a Police Gun thetrace.org/2024/05/police-…
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"More than 52,000 police guns have been involved in crimes since 2006. Many of those weapons were resold by law enforcement agencies sworn to protect the public."
Stellar reporting from @AlainStephens @champebarton and @CBSNews thetrace.org/2024/05/police-…
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Gun makers to ask US Supreme Court to bar Mexico's lawsuit
@AlainStephens @NoamChomskyF @AMarch4OurLives @NaomiAKlein @anne_demmer @LiMaHagen @amassuru @global_org @robmuggah @davidhogg111 @BernieSanders @RBReich @AndrewMorral
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NEW: @ATFHQ is supposed to regulate the gun industry and protect the American public from gun crime. But the agency often falls short of that mandate.
@AlainStephens explains why this is no accident in the latest episode of The Gun Machine with @WBUR: thetr.ac/HhYRE
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If you want to stem gun violence, America's endless appetite for guns seems like cause for despair—but what if lethality is not really what many gun buyers are shopping for? Read my @TeamTrace debut about the surprising popularity of 'less lethal' weapons. thetrace.org/2023/11/byrna-l…
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🎙 "The Gun Machine" — our podcast in partnership with @WBUR — is out today.
In the first episode, @AlainStephens tells the story of how, without the federal government, the gun industry as we know it might not exist at all.
Listen now: thetr.ac/zXqjg
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Next week I'm pulling back the curtain on the U.S government's most lucrative and deadly deadly partner.
The firearms industry.
Welcome to: The Gun Machine a podcast by @WBUR & @teamtrace
Catch the full trailer: spotify.link/xforHHFTsDb
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🎙Coming next week from @WBUR and The Trace: The Gun Machine.
The podcast, hosted by @AlainStephens, explores the 250-year relationship between the American government and the firearms industry.
Listen to the trailer below. Subscribe now ➡️ thetr.ac/zvL0e
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Excited for "The Gun Machine," the new podcast series by @AlainStephens about America's crazymaking relationship with the gun industry. The show, from @teamtrace and @WBUR, starts Oct. 4. bit.ly/46uDLry
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In our first-ever Happy Hour episode, special guests @AlainStephens snd @gregmoran crack open beers and spill some of their favorite stories — all about guns, the government and scandal. voiceofsandiego.org/2023/08/…
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The pantsuit hurricane that we totally failed to prepare for because we gave all our money to the cops is the perfect San Diego metaphor
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We're proud that our project on the rise of automatic conversion devices — produced in collaboration with @VICENews — is a finalist for a Deadline Club Award.
Congratulations to reporters @AlainStephens and @keegan_hamilton!
Watch the documentary now: thetr.ac/eUxny
Finalists for Digital Video Reporting include @WSJ; @NBCDigitalNews’ @MattKski, @christinewin, @tatejamesdotcom, Ernesto Guadalupe; & @teamtrace’s @AlainStephens, @keegan_hamilton
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🧵 Hundreds of thousands of Americans and 1,000+ U.S. law enforcement agencies have purchased SIG Sauer’s P320 pistol.
Dozens say the weapon has fired when they didn’t pull the trigger — leaving a trail of shattered bone and chronic pain. thetr.ac/Cxz2i
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Last year, @champebarton @AlainStephens & @Stevelfisher reported "that as much as 90 percent of all guns recovered on Mexican soil originated in the U.S."
Read their story here: thetr.ac/poeUO
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Little scrutiny has been given to the Uvalde gunman's AR-15 — which killed most of the victims in the first 3 mins before police arrived.
@zachdespart reports from new audio/vid that police wouldn't confront the gunman bc they were afraid of his weapon.
texastribune.org/2023/03/20/…
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President Biden is expected to sign an executive order that directs federal agencies to step up enforcement, clarify existing federal gun laws, and implement the Safer Communities Act.
At the center, as is often the case, are background checks.
thetrace.org/2023/03/biden-e…
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"No one knows how many guns there are in America."
Not true: 465 million guns have been produced for the U.S. market since 1899, ATF data shows.
Here, researchers tell me why a more precise accounting of the civilian gunstock is important: thetrace.org/2023/03/guns-am…
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Two of the four Americans kidnapped by armed gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, on Friday were found dead and two were found alive, Mexican officials said Tuesday.
Read more via @CNN cnn.com/2023/03/07/americas/…
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I'm wrapping up my first week @ExpressNews, where I'm covering City Hall.
What do I need to know about San Antonio? Who should I talk to? What needs investigating?🔍What issues do you want to see covered?🗞️
My DMs are open or email me at [email protected]
