Gov. Phil Scott vetoes creating 24-hour wait period for handguns

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont's Republican governor vetoed legislation Monday that would have established a 24-hour waiting period to buy handguns, a move that came about a year after the state imposed its first significant gun ownership restrictions following what police say was a near-miss school shooting.

Gov. Phil Scott had said in recent weeks that he hadn't made up his mind about the waiting-period bill.

Last year, Scott, a gun owner, who had previously said he felt Vermont's gun laws were sufficient, changed his mind and signed restrictions into law.

The move came after police arrested a teenager the day after the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting that left 17 people dead. Police said they stopped Jack Sawyer's planned shooting at Fair Haven Union High School.

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