Image: JR "The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America" (detail), 2018. © JR / TIME.

FuturePace is pleased to host The Gun Chronicles: A Story of America, a collaborative project by French artist JR and TIME. The artist and the magazine partnered on a special issue, to be published on November 5, 2018, which explores the wide range of views surrounding the gun debate in the United States. It’s a truly American story: 325 million people, more than 265 million guns, 35,000 deaths a year and one 227-year-old constitutional right. To move beyond the familiar, TIME and JR traveled to three U.S. cities profoundly affected by guns—Dallas, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.—to invite people to share their views, describe their experiences and search for common ground. They met hunters and activists, teachers and police officers, parents and children. JR photographed 245 people to create a mural forthe cover of TIME, giving a face to the full and complex spectrum of views on guns in America.