their strength and courage will inspire me and i hope inspire this body just as lori jackson's parents being here today should give us the resoluteness and the strength to make this law real. i want to thank again them, the advocates who are before us today on this panel and, mr. chairman, thank you very much. >> senator durbin, do you, do i understand you wish to make a statement as well? >> mr. chairman, i know we want to hear from the panel. i want to especially recognize the attendance of mr. elvin daniel who's a resident of and is going to tell us the sad story of his sister. mr. daniel makes a declaration early in his statement that he is a conservative, constitutionalist, member of the nra, and he comes to us today still asking for protection for women like his sister and others who might have a chance if we pass the manchin-toomey background check to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and people who are mentally unstable as well as the klobuchar and blumenthal legislation to protect women who are victims of domestic violence and stalking. thank you, mr. daniel, for