So lets talk for a moment about bipartisan efforts regarding gun control. Senator DURBIN of Illinois. the secondranking Democrat in leadership. and I are working on drafting a bill on which we hope we can reach agreement and introduce shortly. which prohibits all alienswith the exception of permanent legal permanent residents and those who fall under a sporting exceptionfrom acquiring firearms. In addition. our bill reinstitutes residency requirements for those noncitizens attempting to purchase a firearm. The bipartisan legislation we hope we can agree to introduce would close real and actual loopholes. such as those that currently permit refugees or asylees or those from visawaiver countries to acquire firearms. I look forward to the opportunity to work on this issue in a bipartisan manner. But if we are going to deliberate and debate the issue. we must clear up the misconceptions and avoid erroneous rhetoric that seems to be dominating the news out there with all the false positions and false interpretations of the law. which I have discussed in a few minutes with my colleagues.
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