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California gun bill fails on tactical error in Legislature

Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell, right, watches as a vote is taken on a measure before the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. O'Donnell first voted by later withheld his vote for a bill to replace limits on carrying concealed weapons permits that were struck down the a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. After O' Donnell withhold his vote the bill failed to get enough votes for passage.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) California Attorney General Rob Bonta, right, talks with Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, as lawmakers discussed a gun control measure in the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Bonta was among working to get support for the bill, by state Sen. Anthony Portantino, to replace limits on carrying concealed weapons permits that were struck down by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Gray was among those who did not cast a vote and the measure fell short for the votes needed for passage.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) State Senator Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, right, talks with Assemblyman Matt Haney, D-San Francisco during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. For the second night in a row California lawmakers failed to approve Portantino's measure to replace limits on carrying concealed weapons permits that were struck down by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) State Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, left and Assemblyman James Ramos, D-Highlands, watch as the votes are posted on Portantino's gun control measure at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Ramos joined several others in not casting a vote and the bill failed passage. A second attempt to pass the bill on Wednesday Aug. 31, 2022 ,also fell short of the needed votes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) FILE - Sales associate Elsworth Andrews arranges guns on display at Burbank Ammo & Guns in Burbank, Calif., Thursday, June 23, 2022. California lawmakers for the second year were rejecting a new tax on gun sales, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The bill fell seven votes short of the supermajority it needed in the state Senate in an initial vote. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)