U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin told an Elgin gathering he was cautiously optimistic some sort of federal gun legislation could happen in the aftermath of last week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
“What happened was heartbreaking and outrageous,” Durbin said of the deaths of 19 students and two teachers at the hands of an 18-year-old man.Durbin made his comments while in Elgin to announce $250,000 in federal funding for an environmental restoration study of the Fox River.
A recent “60 Minutes” report on the extreme damage an AR-15 can do to the human body provides undeniable proof that such guns must be banned, he said. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, there are about 20 million AR-style weapons in circulation across the United States. Many of those can be found in people’s homes, Durbin said.
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