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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Law - "Hoosier senators cross over on gun vote"
Maureen Groppe reports for the Indianapolis Star this afternoon:
WASHINGTON -- Indiana's senators crossed party lines today over whether to allow permit holders to carry concealed weapons into other states that also allow them.Sen. Evan Bayh was one of a minority of Democrats -- 20 -- who voted for the measure. Sen. Richard Lugar was one of only two Republicans who opposed it.
The measure, an amendment to a defense bill, needed 60 votes to pass, but fell two votes short.
The vote was the fourth time this year that Bayh has sided with gun rights advocates. He also:
-- Was one of 22 Senate Democrats who voted to repeal the District of Columbia's ban on semiautomatic weapons, bar the city's registration requirements for most guns, and drop criminal penalties for possessing an unregistered firearm in the city.
-- Was one of 27 Senate Democrats who voted to allow people to bring concealed guns into national parks.
-- Was one of 22 Senate Democrats who voted to allow Amtrak passengers to carry firearms in their checked bags. Lugar voted for the gun measures on Amtrak and national parks and against changing gun laws in the District of Columbia.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 22, 2009 02:00 PM
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