Reply #25: The bill got passed out of committee

[davepc]

and now is due to be debated on the floor of the House.

"I'm heartsick," said House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago), a major advocate of gun control. The NRA is on a "rampage" in Springfield, Currie said.

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"If the legislature passed them, they're dead on arrival," said Abby Ottenhoff, Blagojevich's spokeswoman.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearwest/chi-0503090372mar09,1,2819186.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearwest-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Also it apprears that Representative Gary Hannig (D) is now a co-sponsor of the bill (HB2567)

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2567&GAID=8&GA=94&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=18470&SessionID=50