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On the recordMarch 24, 2009
I think we bear some moral responsibility to slow this flow of guns into Mexico.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the U.S. moral duty to reduce gun trafficking to Mexico.

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