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Our witnesses today have endured pain and loss, yet they are displaying incredible courage by coming here to ask us to do our jobs. Let us hear their voices, let us honor their courage, let us find the same courage to pass common sense laws to protect our children, no civilian needs an assault rifle and the Second Amendment does not protect the right to own a weapon of war. It's time we banned assault rifles, from our streets, from our communities, from our homes.