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Wynne Davis

Mass shootings are so common that mayors now have a checklist for when one happens

Don McLaughlin (center), the mayor of Uvalde, Texas, leaves Robb Elementary School after a visit on Wednesday, the day after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at the school. (Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images)

Mass shootings have become so common in the U.S. that there is now a script for city officials to follow in the aftermath.

Written by UnitedOnGuns, part of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, the checklist guides mayors and city managers through the first 24 hours after a shooting and outlines the major decisions they will have to make.

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