The measure just barely lost. The Fourth Amendment hangs on a thread  in many areas, but has been given a stay in this area. The Second Amendment explicityly bans this kind of mandate, but the politicians don't care. The reason the bill failed is because constituents spoke up. (Hence why the unctuous Harry Reid voted against it (despite his predilection against the 2nd Amendment), as we predicted he would. He has too many constituents in NV who support gun ownership and the right of self-defense to step out on a limb and vote what he really wants and espouses so often - attenuation of his neighbor's rights.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/294571-senate-rejects-tougher-backgro...

Note: This bill also had in it an amendment that would have required a "background check" (ie permission from the gubment) to buy powdered explosives - despite the fact that no one knows the composition of the explosive materials in the Boston bombs.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/345866/senator-introduce-legislatio...

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