The US Senate voted down an amendment that would have expanded background checks for guns purchased at shows and online. The vote was fifty four to forty six, but needed sixty votes to pass. South Dakota Senator John Thune voted against the amendment and said it was too big a bill…
Thune said the amendment was the wrong answer…
Thune says the existing background checking system could be expanded…
Senators also voted down a republican alternative amendment offered by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley on a fifty two to forty eight vote.