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Dick Durbin: “Congress’s experience with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban shows what that responsibility looks like in practice, and…”

On the recordNovember 10, 2026
Congress’s experience with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban shows what that responsibility looks like in practice, and why preserving it is important to our constitutional system.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Discussing the importance of legislative authority on gun regulation.

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