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COONS: “We do have a country that is sharply divided in terms of our understanding on the limits on gun rights. It was one of President Biden's big accomplishments along with a bipartisan group here in the Senate, last year that we move forward on closing a background check loopholes and improving gun safety, but there is so much more to do. No other advanced industrialized country has this challenge, where day after day after day there are mass shootings all over our country. All of us should reflect on our willingness to commit ourselves to the safety of our children, our schools, our communities. If you can't go to a bowling alley, or a movie theater, or a synagogue, or a church without having to worry about an armed assault, then frankly, we are not protecting our own people in the ways that we should.”