Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth brings a unique and unusual vantage point on one of Chicago's most pressing issues: gun violence.
"I want something to be done now," Duckworth said. "And one of the common denominators at all of these mass shootings in addition to the assault weapons are the high-capacity magazines. They're also part of this, and so we just need to reinstate the assault weapons ban including the high-capacity magazine that was allowed to expire in 2004."
"These weapons were designed to rip apart the human body so your enemy can not get back up and fire at you on the field of combat," she said recently on the Senate floor. When asked how she proposes legislating against evil, she replied, "Well, you can certainly make sure people do not have access to assault weapons."
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