Why US gun laws get looser after mass shootings

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Congress has rarely acted. But gun laws have been changing.
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00:02It was the last Friday of the school year
00:05and I had been actually subbing 
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00:41For four years, Flo and Scot have 
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00:55a mass shooting, a push for 
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undefined:undefinedlaws isn’t exactly accurate.
01:19Over the past few decades, federal 
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undefined:undefinedimpact of mass shootings on gun policy.”
01:48They looked at 25 years of 
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undefined:undefinedwere more likely to pass tighter gun laws.
02:08Republican-controlled states 
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undefined:undefinedexample, or arm more school staff.
02:34That's James Barragan, a politics 
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undefined:undefinedpeople all over the country.
02:54People probably don't know about the importance of 
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undefined:undefinedplayed out in their jurisdictions.
03:12Let’s look at Texas.
03:14In 1991, a gunman killed 23 people at 
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undefined:undefinedlegislating me out of the right 
03:35to protect myself and my family."
03:38It worked.
03:39In 1994, Texas elected a 
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undefined:undefinedthe Sandy Hook elementary  
03:55school shooting drew attention 
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undefined:undefinedFirst Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
04:12Within two years, Texas made it legal 
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undefined:undefinedRepublicans in this state often do.
04:38Flo and Scot were also pushing for 
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undefined:undefinedharder to buy ammunition online.
04:50Our shooter, he just checked 
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undefined:undefinedof Texans supported loosening gun laws
05:13and just over half supported tightening them.
05:16We thought it was common 
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undefined:undefinedAbbot’s openness to red flag laws
05:44went nowhere.
05:45After gun rights supporters went after him.
05:48The gun culture is strong.
05:49But the gun lobby itself also exerts a 
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undefined:undefinedpolicy — closing background check loopholes.
06:09That is a very strong comment 
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06:27After elections were over, with 
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undefined:undefinedsomeone in public with a gun, I will panic.
06:47That's going to send me into an anxiety attack.
06:49That constitutional carry law that 
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undefined:undefinedorganized gun control movement 
07:14has seen more success with 
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undefined:undefinedand the governor’s office.
07:30Today, three quarters of the states do.
07:33That means, in the places where 
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undefined:undefinedsuccessful for one side of the aisle.
07:49And then another state house 
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undefined:undefinedcounty refuses to recognize 
08:12any state or federal gun laws
08:14that they believe violate the Second Amendment.
08:17These things get replicated. They get 
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undefined:undefinedsignificant federal gun bill in 30 years.
08:36One thing it does is incentivize 
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