CHECK THIS SITE OUT:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:9:./temp/~bd7Vz9::|/bss/d110query.html|
It gives the current status of the bill and is updated periodically. It was introduced on 2/13/2007 and- SO FAR - has no co-sponsors.
Its sitting in committee. CONTACT the Committee Members and ask them to kill it. It CAN die "in committee".
Personally, I DOUBT the Dems want to shoot this off BEFORE the Presidential Election. They will probably wait until AFTER Hillery gets in - if she does - to do it.
BUT, never take anything for granted.
McCarthy is essentially a one issue candidate who is microcerebral on matters of substance. If I recall correctly, she became involved in politics because her husband was a cop and was killed in a shooting incident. Like too many of these individuals she is targetting the tool instead of the party who used it. And I'm sure Winnie Brady, the Methodist Church, Ceasefire and the other anti-gun ghouls were riht there to direct her in her deepest moment of grief.
At any rate, you can follow the "progress" of this bill by revisting the site and updating it.
The mear fact that it has been introduced "now" is in no way indicative that it can and will be re-introduced in its current form (maybe even improved upon more) when and if the liberals gain control of the White House, and maintain even the slim-est of majorities in both houses...
If it dies in committee, that only tells me that it will be revived in a little over two years from now in that situation...
I would not be surprised if it is pushed through...Nothing is really there to stop it...And if the Liberal leadership determine that it will not damage the '08 elections, you can bet it'll get pushed, regardless if it passes or not...
And the failure will be complete when the President signs it, which he has stated he would...