
About this episode
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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