Is there something that just doesn’t make sense to you when it comes to guns and gun violence in America? A statistic you’ve been searching for, but haven’t been able to locate? Are you curious about the stories behind the gun laws we have (or don’t have)?

We had a lot of questions of our own when we started The Trace, which was founded in part to help close the knowledge gap that often shrouds the issue. Now we want to do a better job of understanding yours, and how we can help to answer them.

That’s why we created Ask The Trace, a special project driven by the curiosity of readers like you.