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Why American gun laws are likely to get looser, not tighter, even after Las Vegas: Analysis

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Four dead in another mass killing in the U.S. this week, but only the most sensational of shootings spark a brief national conversation on guns. The rest are routine.

Four people were killed in a shooting Thursday morning in Casa Grande, Ariz. The shooting generated almost no coverage outside of Arizona.

WASHINGTON—Jennifer Longdon was doing an interview about the mass shooting in Las Vegas when she got a text message.

“Wait a second,” she said, pausing to see what it said.

It said there had been another one.

“Multiple shooting in Casa Grande this morning,” Longdon read aloud.