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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
I have a granddaughter who is going into the second grade, and she came home from school in first grade last year to tell her mom that there had been an instruction from the teacher about what to do in her first-grade classroom if a shooter came into their school.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin expresses concern over school safety and the impact of gun violence on children.

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