Can the Next Mass Shooting Be Prevented?

In Episode 28 of his podcast "In the Room with Peter Bergen," New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen asks what it would take to prevent the next mass shooting:

Another mass shooting is making headlines in the United States. With it comes the familiar feeling of powerlessness. But a rare peek inside the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit reveals that at least some shootings are being prevented, using techniques to identify people headed down the ‘pathway to violence.’ In the absence of gun reform, agents share what ordinary people can do to help. And a mother recounts the harrowing story of how she discovered her son’s plans to shoot up a school — and what happened next.

Listen to the episode here, and see the full set of episodes here.