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Earlier today, Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy started a filibuster on the Senate floor on the subject of gun violence.

Murphy has been perhaps the most passionate gun safety advocate since the Sandy Hook shooting occurred in his home state in 2012.

Over the past few hours, Sen. Murphy has been joined by a number of his colleagues including Pat Toomey.

Pennsylvania’s junior Senator has been one of the few Republican members to advocate in favor of gun safety measures.

“I’m of the view that it’s time to get something done here,” Toomey began. “We’ve done a lot of talking.”

Sen. Toomey used his time to explain why he voted against a bill earlier this year that would’ve prevented those on the terrorist watch list from buying a gun, as the McGinty campaign has been critical of that vote recently. The Senator asserted that he was concerned that the previous legislation made it too difficult for someone put on the list in error to be allowed to purchase a gun.

“What I’m suggesting is let’s get to work here,” he stated. “Let’s sit down together and figure out how we can achieve this. This is not rocket science to figure this out.”

Senator Casey spoke on the floor as well as later on.