Sen. Durbin on gun violence legislation: ‘I sense a change in the conversation’

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks about gun violence during a news conference Friday afternoon at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas that newly launched bipartisan negotiations with Sen. John Cornyn, D-Tx., might lead to legislation addressing gun violence.

“I sense a change in the conversation,” Durbin said at a press conference in Chicago.