Analysis: Colorado Shooting Unlikely To Spur Changes In Gun Laws

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is a member of a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, but when he issued a statement expressing shock and horror on Friday after a mass shooting at a movie theater, he had nothing to say about gun control.

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