Supporters of U.S. gun control suffered another setback Thursday when hey failed to win enough backing in the Senate for legislation that would ban firearms sales to people being monitored for links to terrorism.
Shortly after Democrats concluded their daylong sitin, Senate Republican leaders ended a protracted debate over gun control, at least for the time being.
Proponents of increasingly strict gun legislation didn't have the 60 votes needed to advance the bill, according to lawmakers and aides.
Senator John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, told reporters he did not expect any more votes on gun control in the Senate in the near future.