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On the recordJanuary 29, 2013
What I am trying to get to is this: If you can rationalize a 100-round drum that someone can strap onto a semiautomatic weapon...
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questions the rationale behind allowing high-capacity magazines.

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