Richard Durbin actually said...

It strikes me that what Heller said is the absolute prohibition of gun ownership is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

It would make even less sense to be bound solely by history.

There are burning fires of violence in that community, and we have to pool our resources and work collaboratively.

the violence that cuts short all these lives--is beyond our reach because of the Second Amendment, and my answer to that is an emphatic no.