Richard Durbin actually said...

"I am sorry it has taken 2 years for us to convene this hearing, but it took Newtown, Connecticut, to finally bring us to our senses and to open this national conversation."

"I disagree. When you take a look at where these guns come from, 25 percent plus are sold in the surrounding towns around the city of Chicago, not in the city."

"Tell us about the lives that were saved in Tucson and what it had to do with magazines."

"The very fact that the criminals will not subject themselves to a background check provides the kind of prevention."