Walsh, Healey to Attend White House Summit on Gun Violence

A White House summit on gun violence will take place Tuesday

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans are attending a White House summit on gun violence Tuesday.

Attorney General Maura Healey will also be attending the summit.

Massachusetts has taken steps over the years to tackle gun violence.

The summit will be attended by representatives from all 50 states. The summit comes after the president took a number of executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence. Healey is pushing for national changes as well.

Healey is heading up a group of Attorneys General who want the Centers for Disease Control to study gun violence as a public health issue, a priority its prevented from currently doing.

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