Guns & lies - a Guardian series

Independent reporting on the gun violence

This series focuses on America's gun violence crisis which is driven not by high-profile mass shootings but by everyday gun deaths in Black and brown communities and the programs in California that have successfully contributed to preventing violence and the people who work to address the trauma that comes with shootings. It is supported, in part, through philanthropic funding to theguardian.org, a US-based foundation that partners with the Guardian on independent editorial projects. Support for this project comes from California Wellness Foundation.

All of the journalism is editorially independent, commissioned and produced by our Guardian journalists. You can read more about content funding on the Guardian here. A full list of philanthropically supported editorial projects can be found here.