Dick Durbin is on C-Span 2 hammering Frist's fast-tracked bill to protect gun makers from litigation He has story after story naming specific gun dealers (e. g. a pawn shop in Pennsylvania) that repeatedly sell cheap guns in large numbers to the same people. These guns end up in Illinois and other states with more rigorous gun laws where they are used to commit crimes. He has named Mississippi as the state which supplies the most guns used by criminals in the state of Illinois. Now he is ripping the Senate for moving this bill in front of the defense spending bill as a favor to the gun lobby. He is finished now and Leahy is talking about the Roberts nomination. Here is the link to C-Span iformation of S. #397, a disgraceful piece of legislation:
http://www3.capwiz.com/c-span/issues/bills/?billtype=S.&billnumb=397&congress=109
I don't know when a transcript will be available on C-Span. It is not yet posted on Durbin's website. Perhaps somebody else locate it soon.