The Senate voted Thursday to back President George W. Bush's plan to kill the government's gun buyback program, handing a victory to gun-rights forces.

Senators voted 65-33 against a proposal by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., to provide $15 million for the program, which was established less than two years ago by former President Bill Clinton. Bush's administration announced last month that it was ending the program, saying there was no proof that it was taking guns from criminals.

Missouri's two senators, Christopher "Kit" Bond, a Republican, and Jean Carnahan, a Democrat, voted to end the buyback. Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, and Peter Fitzgerald, a Republican, voted to continue the program.
