House overrides Bredesen 'guns in bars' veto

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KnoxNews.com

NASHVILLE - The House voted 69-27 to override Gov. Phil Bredesen's veto of the so-called "guns in bars" bill today. That was a bigger margin that when the bill passed the House earlier on a 66-23 vote.

The Senate is scheduled to vote on the override Thursday.

Bredesen vetoed the bill last week, saying alcohol and guns "don't mix." He was backed by a crowd of more than 40 law enforcement officers and district attorneys general appearing at a news conference with him.

But sponsor Rep. Curry Todd, R-Collierville, said "there is a large majority of law enforcement officers - the rank and file, the chiefs - who support this legislation."

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