Today the U.S Senate came within two votes of passing an amendment which would have allowed holders of gun permits from one state to legally cross borders into other states in possession of these guns.
The amendment was heavily opposed by a number of mayors across America who felt it posed a significant threat to safety, an argument that is hard to challenge. Disappointingly, several influential Democrats voted in favour of the amendment, (not least the majority leader, Harry Reid) almost doing enough to make it law.
That this amendment came so close to being passed is a worrying sign that attitudes towards gun safety have not changed in America of late (possibly owing to the NRA's great success in framing the national debate). Nevertheless, for the time being Americans can be thankful that, as Mayor Bloomberg put it, "lives have been saved with the defeat of this amendment." But how long will it last?
ADJB
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