Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:24 AM
kpete (71,115 posts)
Neil Heslin, Father Of Newtown Victim, Heckled By Pro-Gun Activists
Source: Huffington Post
![]() More than 1,000 people attended a hearing before the Gun Violence Prevention Working Group at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Monday to share their views on gun control, USA Today reported. Among them was Heslin, who held a large framed picture of himself and his son Jesse as he urged officials to consider strengthening gun laws in Connecticut. But as he gave his emotional testimony, pleading with lawmakers to improve mental health options and to ban assault weapons like the one Adam Lanza used to murder his child and 25 other people, his speech was interrupted by dozens of audience members, The Connecticut Post reported. “I still can't see why any civilian, anybody in this room in fact, needs weapons of that sort. You're not going to use them for hunting, even for home protection," Heslin said. Pro-gun activists responded by calling out: "Second Amendment!" .............................. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/neil-heslin-father-of-newtown-victim-heckled_n_2572503.html
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Author | Time | Post |
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kpete | Jan 2013 | OP |
2pooped2pop | Jan 2013 | #1 | |
livetohike | Jan 2013 | #2 | |
littlemissmartypants | Jan 2013 | #5 | |
Lucinda | Jan 2013 | #6 | |
panzerfaust | Jan 2013 | #12 | |
onehandle | Jan 2013 | #3 | |
littlemissmartypants | Jan 2013 | #4 | |
sharp_stick | Jan 2013 | #7 | |
leftyohiolib | Jan 2013 | #8 | |
SpankMe | Jan 2013 | #9 | |
Berlum | Jan 2013 | #10 | |
FarPoint | Jan 2013 | #11 |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:28 AM
2pooped2pop (5,420 posts)
1. that poor man
The pain on his face makes me cry. May you find some peace, Mr. Heslin. May all of you find some kind of peace. I am so so sorry that our country has failed you.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:32 AM
livetohike (21,493 posts)
2. Disgusting and rude and uncivil and shameful what has become to our society
that we have members in it that have no empathy or shame.
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Response to livetohike (Reply #2)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:39 AM
littlemissmartypants (20,516 posts)
5. Hear. Hear. n/t
Response to livetohike (Reply #2)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 01:02 PM
panzerfaust (2,818 posts)
12. "Family Values" Voters, am willing to bet
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:35 AM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
3. Sociopaths. nt
Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 10:38 AM
littlemissmartypants (20,516 posts)
4. Gun toting Idiots.
What a scary combination. Peace. lmsp
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:04 AM
sharp_stick (14,400 posts)
7. Those assholes are
infuriating. It's not often that I really really want to see someone maced and tased but shit I wish they had of gone after those pricks with a few tasers.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:10 AM
leftyohiolib (5,917 posts)
8. your 2nd amendment doesnt out-weigh my 1st amendment
Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:17 AM
SpankMe (2,613 posts)
9. Clueless, insensitive morons.
I wonder how these classless fuckbags would feel if they were heckled after losing a loved one to violence?
Infuriating. Let's push these people deep into minority status and vote them off the island. |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 12:13 PM
Berlum (7,044 posts)
10. Republican "Family Values" come right out of the cesspool
...as they once again demonstrate...
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Tue Jan 29, 2013, 12:39 PM
FarPoint (11,702 posts)
11. There is a correct path to voice opposition ....
And...a wrong path to voice opposition ...Attention Gun Nutz.....This is the WRONG Way! This political abuse is all too common.
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