Mass Shootings Are So Common that Mayors Now Have a Checklist for When One Happens

“Mayors often don’t realize what their role is until a shooting happens in their community,” Sarah Peck ’96, director of #UnitedOnGuns, a nonpartisan initiative of Northeastern Law’s Public Health Advocacy Institute, tells NPR News. “What we’re trying to do is give them the tools they need to understand the magnitude of their role, which starts when the shooting starts and can continue for years.”