Alain Stephens

@MMFlint This is crazy. But I'm an investigative reporter thats covered American gun violence for the last 8 years: If you could spare like 10 minutes, I'd like to chat...📞 I think this is in your wheelhouse and don't know where to go.

Impressive work from @champebarton and @AlainStephens: Shot by a Civilian Wielding a Police Gun thetrace.org/2024/05/police…

"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…

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 reuters.com/world/us/gun-m…

@Mike___Kilo @teamtrace @ATFHQ @WBUR Let me tell you bout Hyman Lehman...😂

@teamtrace @ATFHQ @AlainStephens @WBUR Prohibition - which the ATF enforced - gave rise to the gun trafficking that is now ATF’s main reason for being. Ponder that.

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

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-…

@Mike___Kilo You're not the first to ask for a poster. Calendar incoming. 📅 But how about that T-Rex PC 🦖👀

@AlainStephens I want an autographed 8x10.

I'm a journalist not a saint. New headshots in.

@Mike___Kilo @khalil_spencer @teamtrace @AuthorPMBarrett I mean you can hear me loading the Glock all day. But the classiest piece I own is a Taylor Smoke Wagon. 🤌🏾🤠

@khalil_spencer @teamtrace @AuthorPMBarrett @AlainStephens Nor I.

"That became the term of the moment: The police were outgunned. And into this environment came the Glock." The latest episode of The Gun Machine features @AuthorPMBarrett on how one particular gun synonymous with American gun culture. thetr.ac/xdBFD

@khalil_spencer @teamtrace @WBUR @radleybalko 1033 was the most direct. But there is a whole network of grants and funds to aid. And again, many acquisitions occur with lack of public oversight.

@teamtrace @WBUR @AlainStephens Ref: @radleybalko work on the militarization of the police

This week on The Gun Machine, our podcast with @WBUR: Host @AlainStephens explores how and when police departments across the country began to stockpile their armories with high-powered weapons and gear. link.chtbl.com/thegunmachine?…

@Mike___Kilo @muscadyne @teamtrace @AlainStephen @GraceTatter

@muscadyne @teamtrace @AlainStephen @GraceTatter @AlainStephens @AlainStephens They're not showing you the love you deserve. Don't let them give @AlainStephen all the credit for your hard work.

In the fourth episode of The Gun Machine, @AlainStephen and @GraceTatter go to Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the firearms industry — where nearly every young person they met had a story about guns. thetr.ac/UmHJT

@ZacharyOS @IowaPublicRadio Somebody whip my man's up a white version of this...🫰📸🤘🏾

And so @IowaPublicRadio, this is kind of what I'm going for. Can you? But more like this. For me?

@danghastings Cuz I'm cute.

@AlainStephens LOL, Why are you wearing crop top?!

Its out. Guns. Money. Violence. Check out the Gun Machine: How America was forged by the Gun Industry. A new pod by @WBUR and @teamtrace Hosted by your truly. 😈 wbur.org/podcasts/short…

🎙 "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

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

🎙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

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