WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 22, 2009)–ABC News has reported that the United States Senate voted against a proposal that would have allowed certain gun owners to bring concealed weapons across state lines.
The Senate’s 58 to 39 vote fell just short of the 60 votes needed to tack on the contentious amendment to a massive defense policy bill. Senators will continue to wade through other provisions of the defense authorization bill throughout the week before taking a vote on whether to pass the complete package.
The amendment would have let people with concealed weapons permits carry their guns into other states as long as they followed that state’s laws about where concealed weapons are permissible.
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