Posted on 05/22/2018 7:01:09 PM PDT by mdittmar
Durbin Calls On President Trump & Republican Majority in Congress to Stand Up to the Gun Sales Lobby, Act to Help Prevent Gun Violence
Following last week’s school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas, which left eight students and two teachers dead and another 13 victims wounded, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today slammed President Trump and the Republican majority in Congress for still being unwilling to push for any gun reforms that the gun sales lobby opposes.
“Congress is going to have to choose who to listen to – the students who are spending their class time thinking about whether their desks are in the line of fire or the gun lobbyists who want to further weaken gun laws on the books so they can make more gun sales. I know where I stand. I’m going to keep doing everything I can to put the safety of my granddaughter, my grandson, and kids across American and our neighborhoods ahead of the gun lobby’s agenda of selling more guns,” Durbin said. “We may not be able to stop every shooting in our schools and in our streets, but if Congress takes meaningful action to close the gaps in our gun laws, we will save lives.”
In his speech on the Senate floor, Durbin also called on Governor Bruce Rauner and the Illinois General Assembly to join the ranks of states who have passed meaningful state-level gun reforms this year.
“At least 15 states have passed legislation to close gaps in their state gun laws since February 14. These state-level reforms are significant. They’re even happening in states like Florida and Kansas, which have a reputation of being friendly to the gun lobby,” Durbin said. “I hope my home state of Illinois will soon join the ranks with these states who have passed meaningful state-level gun measures this year. We came close in Illinois when the General Assembly passed a landmark bipartisan bill to provide more accountability for gun dealers’ sales. Governor Bruce Rauner unfortunately vetoed that bill, but the General Assembly is working hard to put a revised bill back on his desk.”
Video of Durbin’s remarks on the Senate floor are available here.
Audio of Durbin’s remarks on the Senate floor is available here.
Footage of Durbin’s remarks on the Senate floor is available here for TV Stations.
I’d rather they stand up to the gun banning twits who created these nearly space spaces for gunmen to kill kids in the first place!
That old thing? FDR kicked it to the curb ages ago.
Apple and Samsung are the big players of the Free Speech Lobby.
Outlaw Cell Phones, Computers and the Internet. It’s the only way to be sure nobody is offended.
“..Go away, Durbin....”
Yeah, about five years of exile in Cuba or Venezuela would do wonders for Turbin Durbin and his love for socialism/communism.
Yet they continue to harbor and encourage illegals to come and stay in the country. Tell ya what Dick.....y’all fix chi-town and then get back to us.
...Dick thinks we should listen to the children...
Like a 17 year old in Texas who kills kids and can’t be executed because he doesn’t know the difference in right and wrong?
Isn’t he one of the lunatic liberals who want to give the right to vote and make major, reasoned decisions, but can’t even decide what they are going do this Saturday? Let alone two years from now.
The "gun sales lobby" as imagined by Dubin and Feinstein and Schumer and Boss Hogg DOES NOT EXIST!
Total contributions to candidate campaigns from the NRA since twenty years ago have been MINISCULE compared to contributions to Democrats from the NEA, the SEIU, Planned Parenthood etc. in just the past five years.
The "gun lobby" controls and influences no one in Washington.
It’s a gun rights lobby, Dick, not a gun sales lobby. You savvy, Dick?
I call on dustbin to quit being a dick.
I’ll stand up and salute as they play the Star-Spangled-Banner, by golly!
They should stand up FOR the gun sales lobby.
Just one thing Little Dickie: Chicago...
How many blacks in Chicago are going to get shot over the Memorial Day weekend?
Stand up to the CAR SALES people FIRST, you hypocritical idiots! Cars kill more people in America than guns, by far.
Totally delusional.
Drugs kill the most....Build the wall!
Quick, somebody hand old TURBAN DURBAN a roll of toilet paper, there’s sh!t spewing out of his mouth AGAIN.
Hey Durbin,
how ‘bout you standing up to the muslim lobby, the homo lobby, the baby killing lobby, the public sector union lobby, the illegal alien lobby...etc?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.