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On the recordMarch 16, 2009
We have a responsibility, and to ignore it by saying, well, if we were not irresponsible, somebody else would be irresponsible, is cold comfort to people living in a country where 6,000 people were killed last year, mainly because of American firearms and the insatiable American appetite for drugs.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin emphasizes U.S. responsibility in addressing gun violence affecting neighboring countries.

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