By AP
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee state Senate has voted 22-10 to once again override the governor's veto of a bill to allow handgun carry permit holders to bring their weapons into bars and alcohol-serving restaurants.
Governor Phil Bredesen last week vetoed the guns bill on the basis that, in his words, guns and alcohol don't mix. Bar and restaurant owners would maintain the power to ban all weapons from their establishments. Bredesen vetoed a similar measure last year, flanked by law enforcement officers and prosecutors who opposed the bill, but he was easily overridden by the Legislature. Bredesen said earlier this week he expected Thursday's override.