Can Threat Assessment Stop Mass Shootings?
Can Threat Assessment Stop Mass Shootings?  
Podcast: What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Published On: Tue Oct 31 2023
Description: After mass shootings, one refrain becomes, “We don’t need gun control to treat a mental health problem.” But in a case like the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, there were mental health interventions and red flags raised by the military and the shooter’s family. Why didn’t it work—and what’s a better way forward? Guest: Mark Follman, national affairs editor at Mother Jones and the author of Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices