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Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Thursday vetoed legislation to allow people who are covered by a protective order to carry a hidden handgun without getting a permit.

McAuliffe said Thursday that the legislation, Senate Bill 626 and House Bill 766, would have encouraged victims of domestic abuse to introduce guns into already dangerous situations.

“Domestic violence situations can be extremely volatile, and all too often result in serious injury or death,” McAuliffe said in a statement. “In fact, when firearms are present in a domestic violence situation, a woman is five times more likely to die. In 2014, Virginia experienced 112 family and intimate-partner-related homicides, 66 of which occurred with a firearm.”

The governor, a Democrat, tried unsuccessfully earlier this year to amend the legislation. McAuliffe wanted people covered by a protective order to take a firearms safety class before they could carry a concealed weapon, among other changes.

Republican supporters of the legislation said it would help victims of domestic violence better protect themselves.

The governor also vetoed a bill that would have allowed school security officers to carry firearms on school property under certain conditions.