The California Senate has narrowly rejected a proposed ban on open carry (of unloaded weapons) and creation of a long gun registry. By a vote of 20 to 16—just one vote short of the majority that California Senate Bill AB1934 needed to pass—the Senate sent the bill packing. The legislation would have made openly carrying a handgun in any public place a misdemeanor, and required all rifle and shotgun owners to register their weapons with the State government.