In 2023, the unrelenting epidemic of gun violence in the United States has claimed the lives of more than 41,000 people. Throughout the year, each and every one of those shootings was chronicled by a website that has become the most authoritative and widely-cited source of data about gun deaths in the country: the Gun Violence Archive.Mark Bryant, the founder of the database, explains why he has dedicated so much of his life to painstakingly recording a problem with no end in sight.Guest: Mark Bryant, the founder of the Gun Violence Archive.Background reading: <ul><li>Mr. Bryant’s website, the<a href="https://www.gunviolencearchive.org"> Gun Violence Archive</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/us/mass-shootings-this-year-maine.html">Here is how</a> The New York Times tallies mass shootings.</li><li>From July, a partial list of<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/mass-shootings-2023.html"> U.S. mass shootings in 2023</a>.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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The Man Who Counts Every Shooting in America

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