Commentary: Chicago's gun trace report overlooks commonsense steps

The Gun Trace Report released publicly Sunday by the city of Chicago contains some important kernels of truth, and those kernels could lead to effective steps to reduce violent crime in Chicago. Sadly, the report's misguided solutions will, with a few exceptions, do nothing to end the mayhem.

Trace data are records of where a firearm first entered the retail market. Breathlessly presenting the proportion of crime guns originally purchased at a particular store without any context is evidence that someone