Gun Bills before Congress, 06/19/2009

Since Site Meter tells me that one of the most common "hits" I get here is for a post I made a while back from a Joe Waldron email of "Gun Bills Before Congress", I thought I'd update, courtesy Open Congress:

Bill Number & Title	Sponsor	Last Action
H.R.256 David Ray Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]	May 21, 2009
H.R.675 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms. (111th congress)	Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]	Mar 16, 2009
H.R.623 To provide for greater judicial discretion in sentencing for certain firearms offenses committed in exceptional circumstances. (111th congress)	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]	Mar 16, 2009
H.R.495 Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]	Mar 16, 2009
H.R.442 Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0]	Feb 09, 2009
H.R.265 Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]	Feb 09, 2009
H.R.257 Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2007 (111th congress)	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]	Feb 09, 2009
H.R.197 National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6]	Feb 09, 2009
H.R.45 Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]	Feb 09, 2009
H.R.17 Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]	Feb 09, 2009
H.R.642 Recreational Shooting Protection Act (111th congress)	Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]	Feb 04, 2009
H.R.455 Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]	Feb 04, 2009
S.371 Respecting States Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Sen. John Thune [R, SD]	Feb 03, 2009
S.325 A bill to amend section 845 of title 18, United States Code, relating to explosives, to grant the Attorney General exemption authority. (111th congress)	Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS]	Jan 26, 2009
H.R.510 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly. (111th congress)	Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]	Jan 14, 2009
S.205 Southwest Border Violence Reduction Act of 2009 (111th congress)	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]	Jan 12, 2009

Note that:

• I got the link to Open Congress' "Firearms Bills" page from The Firing Line's "Library" section.
• When I clicked on "Firearms" on Open Congress' Issues page, it returned... nothing. Trying again returned only about half the bills above. Not sure why...
• Apparently, NONE of these bills have seen any "action" since being introduced.
• Google Docs table function sucks... Oh, I'm sorry, did I say that out loud? (OK, so I'm used to Microsoft Word tables, and I never actually tried to import a table before...)
  

Other thoughts:

• I'd like to think that bills with few or no co-sponsors have little chance of getting anywhere, cf. HR45, above.
• I have mixed feelings about HR197, as it may violate states' rights. I would sure like to be able to carry in Chicago or New York City or DC on my WA Concealed Pistol License, but i also object to the idea of the Federal government forcing the issue. With 127 co-sponsors, this one might have a chance anyway...