The Living Record
A national archive of stories from people affected by gun violence in America.
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Gun violence is often discussed in data points and daily news cycles. But behind every statistic is a life changed forever: a survivor navigating trauma, a family grieving, a community reshaped.
The Living Record is an archive created to hold those experiences. It exists to ensure that the people who have lived through gun violence — and those who love them — are seen, heard, and remembered in their own words, not flattened by the crisis around them.
This project reframes how the country understands gun violence: not as a distant policy issue, but as a lived reality carried by millions. Every story is a testament to resilience, loss, love, and the deep human cost of a crisis that touches nearly every corner of America.