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DENVER (AP) — When a gunman opened fire inside a packed movie theater in July 2012, killing 12 and injuring 70, it did more than spread fear and heartbreak across the Denver suburbs. Democrats in the state legislature in 2013 muscled through new laws requiring universal background checks and banning magazines that hold more than 15 rounds. Though gun rights groups were successful in the recalls, the pro-gun state senators were voted out in the regular elections last year. Guns were rarely discussed in a campaign where Republicans attacked Democrats on the economy and President Barack Obama's health care plan. A universal background check ballot measure is scheduled in Nevada next year, which will make it the next western swing state to test the volatile politics of gun control. [...] though new gun restrictions have passed in a few states that aren't reliably liberal — Feinblatt pointed to a bill signed last year by Wisconsin Gov.

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