Gun advocates heckle father of boy slain in Newtown massacre
The Connecticut Post has published an article about the Gun Violence Protection Working Group's hearings addressing gun control in wake of the Sandy Hook massacre.
Gun advocates heckle father of boy slain in Newtown massacre
Mike Bertha
The Connecticut Post has published an article about the Gun Violence Protection Working Group's hearings addressing gun control in wake of the Sandy Hook massacre. Some 1,500 people made their way to the Legislative Office Building at the Capitol complex in Hartford. Neil Heslin—whose son was killed in the rampage—spoke about the need for change.
"The Second Amendment!" was shouted a couple of times by as many as a dozen gun enthusiasts in the meeting room as Neil Heslin, holding a photo of his slain 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis, asked why Bushmaster assault-style weapons are allowed to be sold in the state.
Heslin continued to speak, unwavered by the cries from the crowd.
"That wasn't just a killing, it was a massacre," said Heslin, who recalled dropping off his son at Sandy Hook Elementary school shortly before Lanza opened fire. "I just hope some good can come out of this." [Connecticut Post]
- No, a crazy person with a Bushmaster AR-15 killed these children. I have no doubt there are a number of crazy people in and around Newtown, CT, but fortunately not all of them had access to military-caliber weaponry. And I most definitely DO put the blame on "people who believe in the constitution and the right to bear arms," because they -- you -- are the ones who have blocked and are trying to block reasonable controls on things like semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity magazines. You would rather have children shot than reconsider your knee-jerk -- and I believe erroneous -- interpretation of words written more than 200 years ago in a vastly different social and military context.
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— Hobo Floto Voto - Sorry, it's you who are wrong. You chose to cite a news source from the morning after the killings, when there was still confusion about which weapon was actually used. By the following day, Dec. 16, it was clear that the Bushmaster was in fact the weapon that Lanza used to shoot the children.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/us/lanza-used-a-popular-ar-15-style-rifle-in-newtown.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
If that source isn't enough for you, try this one, too:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/19/bushmaster-223-weapon-used-in-newtown-shooting-a-lightning-rod-in-gun-debate/ - The killer was sick in the head. The people who heckle this poor father are sick
— nat turner - @Hobo Floto Voto: You're right, guns aren't going anywhere and more and more of us will die as a result. Be proud of yourself for taking a stand that's killing off so many of us. Be proud of being on the wrong side of history. Just, GET USED TO IT!— BMan
- Don't you Liberals get it? Shooting big guns is fun! When you are a white-trash un-educated loser and you are shooting a big gun, it makes you feel like a man. You Liberals can't take that away from us, it's all we have in life.— pic man
- Funny you mention that...a week or so ago Philly.com ran a story about a woman (the reporter) who hated guns, going to a local range and taking a lesson.
Guess what: she kinda liked it, and recognized that maybe firearms weren't that bad after all!— DeltaV - Hey hobo, we heard you already. Get a new line tool box.— 19147
- Sick gun freaks.— Rock1
- "Gun Free" zones kill.— oot
- HEY CARL AND SONS YOU DONT LIKE PEOPLE HAVING THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH??? THEN LEAVE, NORTH KOREA IS A THOUGHT FOR YOU!! CREEP— wallycleaver
- No, carl -- and I -- are all for your right to free speech. It allows you to expose the quality of your thought and the beauty of your personality.
- Dave it seems only "free" when it suits you and Carl's agenda. Otherwise, you and your ilk label anyone with another opinion "nutjob". The liberals have market cornered on fear mongering. You are so bent on making sure that your 1st Amendment rights are heard, you gladly trample on other people's rights & the remaining parts of the constitution. Keep it classy!
- Another thing we all need to remind ourselves of is even though we are saturated with guns in this country, that's only part of the problem. I think a bigger and deeper issue is this: Why and how do we, as a society, breed such violent criminals in the first place? Where does it stem from? For example, Canadian gun laws are about as strict as some of the strictest states in the US, but violent criminal behavior in Canada is so low compared to the US. Compare Toronto (big international city) to Chicago (give or take a little but comparable in size in terms of population and geography). I dont' need to educate anyone about violent crime in Chicago. In comparison, Toronto doesn't even come close. Why is that? And I don't think many of us are too naive to say it's because of strict gun laws only. Criminals can easily smuggle guns across the border to Canada from the US. It goes much much deeper. Again what is the root cause that leads one of our citizens down a path that has such a violent ending? There are no easy answers.— BMan
