HBO Poll: Gun Legislation

• Wednesday Poll: Of 11 choices provided, Merry Hucksters picked “furniture delivery men” as the individuals who shouldn’t get tips, followed by “peeps at Coldstone,” sight-seeing tour guides, coffee baristas, and newspaper carriers. Results here .
  

The Senate on Wednesday narrowly defeated an effort to allow gun-permit holders to carry concealed weapons across state lines. The 58-39 vote fell short of the 60 needed to overcome a filibuster. But the vote once again highlighted divisions within the Democratic Party over firearms regulation as 20 Democrats, including Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, joined 38 Republicans in supporting the measure.The measure would have allowed gun owners who have concealed-weapon permits in their home states to carry their firearms into other states that currently prohibit out-of-state gun-permit holders from bringing in weapons/LA Times. More here .