US House votes to overturn mandatory gun locks

WASHINGTON, June 29 (Reuters) The US House of Representatives voted to overturn a recently enacted law requiring safety trign all hand guns sold in the United States.

The Republican-controlled House handed a victory to opponents of gun control by a vote of 230-191 yesterday.

Rep Marilyn Musgrave, a Colorado Republican, argued that the added cost of the trigger locks is passed on to gun owners and that they ''do not stop accidental shootings.'' Last fall, President George W Bush signed legislation giving gun makers broad protections from civil lawsuits, but that law contained the mandatory trigger lock provision.

The amendment overturning the requirement for trigger locks was attached to a larger law enforcement spending bill for next year that has not yet been considered by the Senate.

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