Just outside Chicago in a suburb is one gun store that we can hold responsible for 20 percent of the crime guns that we confiscate in the city of Chicago.
On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
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Durbin highlights the impact of suburban gun stores on Chicago's crime rates.
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