In Shadow Of CA Shooting, NJ Set To Deal With A Gun Control Bill

TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) - As the country comes to grips with the carnage in San Bernardino, the New Jersey Assembly is scheduled to take up a bid to override the gubernatorial veto of a gun control measure within the state.

The bill requires law enforcement and doctors be informed if a mentally ill person seeks to have their health records expunged so they could purchase a gun.

The senate barely overrode Chris Christie's veto in October with the help of 3 Republicans. Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto expects today's vote to be close, but then again, the Assembly voted unanimously in favor of the measure back in June.

"It's a public safety bill that was asked for by the courts and law enforcement," Prieto told KYW Newsradio last night after the California shootings.

He expects people will vote their conscience and went to great lengths to separate the debate from yesterday's incident. Given the courts and the cops want it, Prieto said, "We want to be able to give them all the tools and resources to make sure that guns are kept out of the hands of people that shouldn't have them."

The override attempt became a little more difficult with yesterday's resignation of Camden County Assemblyman Whip Wilson, the new Camden County Sheriff. That means Democrats will need at least 7 Assembly Republicans to vote for the override.

If they succeed, it would be the first time a Christie veto is overridden in both houses of the legislature and could be viewed as a blow to the Governor's quest for the Republican Presidential nomination.