But Senate leaders seemed disinclined to take up the concealed-carry measure anytime soon. Regardless, House Republicans and gun rights activists celebrated the concealed-carry vote, hailing it as an important step toward victory in a decades-long fight to extend concealed carry and simplify the rules for gun owners. Chris W. Cox, the N.R.A.’s executive director, praised the vote as a “watershed moment” for Second Amendment rights. Democrats said the measure would jeopardize public safety and set a dangerous precedent for overriding states’ rights to determine their own laws. system is a good thing,” said Mr. Kelly, who helps lead a gun control group bearing Ms. Giffords’s name.

Source: New York Times December 06, 2017 22:31 UTC