SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois lawmakers handed victories to both sides of the gun-control issue Monday, approving a measure that cracks down on gun shows but making it easier for people to transport weapons.

The victory for gun supporters appears to be short-lived, though.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Monday he would veto the weapons transportation measure, meant to allow gun owners to travel the state with their weapons without having to comply with local communities' stricter rules on safe gun storage.

Blagojevich spokeswoman Rebecca Rausch said the governor believes it would be "undermining local gun ordinances."

The governor pledged to sign the gun-show bill, which passed the House 89-28.

The legislation would close a loophole that has allowed people to buy firearms at gun shows without going through the normal criminal-background check. Unlike a similar Republican gun-show bill, the version approved Monday would not require the destruction of gun purchase records, which Blagojevich opposes.

"This is a common-sense gun-control measure. It should have support from everyone in this chamber," the sponsor of the Democrats' gun-show bill, Rep. Harry Osterman of Chicago, said during floor debate Monday. "It will stop the wrong people from getting firearms."

Background checks are already required for people buying guns at stores to ensure they don't have a criminal record that would bar them from possessing firearms. But those checks are not conducted on purchases at gun shows.

A similar, Republican-backed bill was approved last week, but it also included a measure backed by the National Rifle Association that would require police to destroy records of gun purchases after 90 days. The governor, a Chicago Democrat, said he would veto it.

The NRA and its allies argue that keeping the records is an invasion of privacy and a step toward creating a registry of gun owners. Law enforcement officials say the records help identify the owners of guns used in crimes.

The firearms-storage bill, which passed 79-36, would ease rules on gun owners traveling with their weapons. Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Norris City, said all gun owners should have to comply with the same state law on how guns should be stored, not have to worry about whether they're traveling through a city that has a stricter storage ordinance.

"There's no way for hunters and sportsmen of this state to know all of these ordinances and he or she shouldn't have to," Phelps said.

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The bills are SB1333 and SB2104.

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