Residents of a small town in the far northeastern state of Maine have rejected a proposal that would have required every home to have a gun.
About 50 registered voters in Byron voted against an article that read: "Shall the town of Byron vote to require all households to have firearms and ammunitions to protect the citizens?"
Even Anne Simmons-Edmunds, head of the select board, who initially supported the measure, voted against it.
The measure was proposed by her father, Bruce Simmons. He voted it down too, saying the wording was wrong.
He says it should have read "recommend' rather than "require".
Some of the town's roughly 140 residents say the proposal made the town a laughing stock.
Others resented the proposal, calling it government over-reach.
President Obama tasked Joe Biden with curbing gun violence The proposal certainly ran counter to the mood nationally where debate about gun restrictions dominates.
The US Senate Judiciary Committee is meeting this week to debate a bill broadening the requirement for federal background checks to nearly all firearms buyers.
It also plans to consider banning assault weapons and boosting federal aid for school security.
Requiring near universal background checks was the centrepiece of President Obama's plans for curbing guns that he proposed after the December mass shooting of elementary school students and staff in Newtown, Connecticut.
Currently, background checks are required for sales by federally licenced gun dealers.
Private transactions between individuals do not need the checks.
However, leaders of the Republican-run House have expressed little interest in requiring background checks for private sales.
A ban on assault weapons is being debated at a federal level Colorado, meanwhile, is forging ahead with its own firearms control package.
One Democrat after another rose on Monday to talk about restricting gun rights, after last July's shooting at a suburban Denver movie theatre.
The vote came on the eve of an expected plea by the alleged gunman, James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and injuring dozens more.
The measures approved by the Senate included a limit on the kinds of high-capacity ammunition magazines Holmes is accused of using.
Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper is expected to sign all the proposals into law once they clear the state House.
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