what does "come right out" mean?

[yunyun]

what does "comes right out" mean in "If someone comes right out and asks, ‘Do you drive for a garbage company?’ I say yes."
and, which of the following two sentences is better: "whoever they are, they must take responsibility for the accident." & "whoever they are, they must be responsible for the accident."
thank U

[Mister Micawber]

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1-- come right out and = do not hesitate to

2-- take responsibility for
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