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Doyle McManus: A narrow gun bill that could pass is better than an expansive one that won't

After every mass shooting, the nation trudges through the same familiar steps. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims. Don't politicize a tragedy by trying to stop the next one. OK, propose something, but unless it would have prevented the last incident, we're not interested. Eventually, the debate dies down - until next time.

Last weekend's massacre in Las Vegas might be an exception to that pattern. For once, there actually is a proposal that would make it more difficult for the next Stephen Paddock to kill

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