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‘The Second Amendment Shall Not Be Infringed!’: Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Interrupted During Public Hearing

Jan. 29, 2013 8:48am Billy Hallowell

UPDATE: The folks over at Twitchy point out that MSNBC selectively edited their clip to advance the idea that the father was “heckled.” Read our complete breakdown of the evidence in our follow-up story here.

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Some of the parents who testified about gun control before a subcommittee of the Connecticut Legislature on Monday called for stricter laws and improvements in mental health care. While Mark Mattioli, whose 6-year-old son James was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School attack, instead, focused upon personal responsibility and a call to civility, other parents mentioned cracking down on so-called assault rifles. Among them was Neil Heslin, a father whose child, Jesse, also perished during the rampage. As he was making his case against assault weapons, he was interrupted by alleged gun rights advocates who were a part of the audience.

Right after Heslin made the point that citizens do not need access to “these assault-style weapons or military weapons,” a man in the audience spoke out fervently against the father’s appeals.

“The Second Amendment shall not be infringed,” he uttered in response to Heslin’s seemingly-rhetorical question:

The Daily Mail has a recap of how the incident unfolded, with a hand-full of individuals purportedly joining the man in voicing their angst over the issue:

He said: ‘It’s not a good feeling. Not a good feeling to look at your child laying in a casket or looking at your child with a bullet wound to the forehead. It’s a real sad thing,’ said Heslin, who held up a large framed photograph of himself and his son.

A handful of people at the packed legislative hearing then shouted about their Second Amendment rights when Heslin asked if anyone could provide a reason for a civilian to own an assault-style weapon.

‘We’re all entitled to our own opinions and I respect their opinions and their thoughts,’ Heslin said. ‘But I wish they’d respect mine and give it a little bit of thought.’

Watch a portion of the incident at the start of the MSNBC clip, below (UPDATE: however, as Twitchy notes, the network edited out the portion where Heslin asks his rhetorical question):

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Following the incident, MSNBC host Martin Bashir covered the event on his show, deriding those who interrupted (or responded, depending on who you ask) and claiming that the behavior was inexcusable; his guests agreed.

“This, I think, has to be a new low in this debate — the idea that you would desecrate the memory of the victims of Newtown and insult their families,” Democratic strategist Julian Epstein said during the segment (watch it in its entirety, above). “This shows just…how extreme and outrageous the NRA — and I assume the hecklers were NRA moles — how they’ve become.”

But Twitchy took issue with this assessment, writing:

MSNBC is propping up its story with a blatantly edited video. In fact, Heslin was not heckled. Gun rights advocates in the audience indeed voiced their support for the Second Amendment — after he asked why anyone would need “assault-style weapons or high-capacity clips.” You’d never know based on the MSNBC version, which completely cut out the footage of Heslin’s question.

Watch the unedited footage, below:

The audience at the Gun Violence Prevention Working Group hearing in Hartford, Conn., numbered well over 1,000 individuals and featured a wide array of perspectives. From people advocating greater firearms controls to NRA-enthusiasts and gun rights activists, ideological diversity was in no shortage.

What do you think about the incident? It seems Heslin was certainly interrupted (unless he wanted the audience to weigh in), but were the responses hecklers or merely passionate Second Amendment adherents? Let us know what you think in the comments section.

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that audience members may have been responding to a rhetorical question posed by Heslin.

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Comments (131)

Tri-ox
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:33am
There is absolutely no doubt that this was staged by obama and his gun-grabbers.

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- sjpru
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:13am
  Absolutely!!!…there must be a picture of the “heckler”…print it and research who he really is.
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:55am
  I have 5 children and can not imagine the pain these parents are going through. That being said, once you become an activist, you can no longer hide behind the grieving parent shield. If this man is going to publicly speak out in the expectation of affecting what is my right, I would have no reservation about challenging him publicly. Ann Coulter wrote a whole book about liberals trotting out victims to advocate for some liberal policy without being challenged. It’s pathetic and wrong to use these grieving people for a political purpose. There are too close to situation to be able to have any credibility.
  
  So while my heart breaks for him for losing his child, I have NO pity for him for being heckled for trying to strip away a right that he doesn’t agree with.
  
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- Michael61
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:03am
  Yes, the whole hearing was staged by Obama’s politicians. They used the grieving father as a pawn. He asked a question, he received an answer. Heckling? What heckling?
  
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- cessna152
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:25am
  Good point Squid…
  
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- Raging_Waters
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:40am
  Why is it so hard for people (mainly liberals) to realize what ‘assault’ weapons are for?…
  
  THEY’RE TO KEEP OUR GOVERNMENT IN CHECK!!!
  
  You see, the 2nd Amendment is the ultimate solution to a corrupt, out of control, power-hungry government. We need powerful weapons -big and small- should our government try to usurp their masters: U.S. Citizens.
  
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- dietrdeb
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:46am
  Squid is correct…this man has come out as a public figure, using his situation to forward an agenda. Sorry dude but you should expect to be challenged!
  
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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:55am
  I agree, libs will stop at nothing to further their agendas. But, playing devils advocate, I say if it was a pro gun supporter, all he had to say, when asked why he would need an assault weapon like a AR-15, is that he would need one if being attacked by a criminal with a AR-15.
  
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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 12:06pm
  I need a 100 round clip to win a gunfight with a criminal who has a 99 round clip. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. But the left have know genius.
  
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- Liberty_27
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:41pm
  How many people here know that the AR15 bush master was not used to shoot any of the children at Sandy Hook this rifle was found after the fact in the assassins car! He used 2 hand guns not a rifle to murder those children & teachers. The media heard assault rifle and took off with it like they usually do without find out the facts first ?
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 12:03am
  Script or teleprompter he was using? Also, for a grieving father he kept his composure.
  
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- BSdetector
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 7:06am
  Anyone who tries to take or restrict my freedom is my E N E M Y !
  
  Tragic end to that little boys life but THANK GOD this guy didn’t get to procreate and spread his poisonous thoughts to another generation!
  
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- rig_jumpr
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:23am
  Let’s stop using the work Heckle, as Michel61 has already pointed out the room was responding to a question posed to them (the gallery) by Mark Mattioli himself.
  
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Locked
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:30am
I’m all for the second amendment, but jeez, heckling a grieving father for expressing his opinion is what I expect from leftists, not constitutionalists. There should be civil discourse about the issue, not insults toward the dead and disrespect for the families of those murdered children… no matter how much we disagree with the anti-gun stance.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:43am
  Amen.
  
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- stablepar
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:43am
  kind of like infringe the first amendment while they are at it….geez the constitution is there to protect the citizens of this country and their God given rights….all of them….all the time…every second of the day
  
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- MCON29
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:44am
  Thats because it was a leftist yelling that. A plant. No self-respecting American would do that. Most gun owners are patriotic and respectful.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:49am
  LOCKED, I see that you fell for what the LSM news reader was saying when he called the man who spoke up a heckler. Did you happen to catch the fact that the grieving father did ask for an explanation as to why anybody needed those “assault style weapons” then paused as if to expect an answer. I guess he may have wanted it be just a silent pregnant pause to further support his expectations that nobody would have been able to answer responsibly. I say that the poorly labeled heckler did respond properly and with the absolute correct answer.
  BTW, have you yet caught on that the FBI investigative team that also responded to Sandy Hook reported that Adam Lanza’s body was found to have four handguns and that no long gun/assault rifle was used in the Sandy Hook shooting? Yet, the Administration and MSM keeping talking about all of those children were killed with an assault style weapon. Okay, which group is telling an out right lie? The team that investigated the scene or the left in general? Oh yeah, let’s not forget that blubbering medical examiner who mentioned “the long gun” the day before the FBI released their investigative results to the public. Maybe you would rather believe him?
  Feel free to explain your stance on this.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:54am
  LOCKED, Sorry, I tied my above response together to two posts here. My only intended response to you was that the grieving father asked the question, and that the so called heckler merely responded. To that I only disagree with him being called a heckler. Please forgive my letting myself be distracted and make such a mistake. Our dog for some reason has been pestering me to take her outside every few minutes. Where she just stands and sniffs the air mostly. I can imagine that a couple of emails that I answered earlier may be just as distorted. Now, I will go wipe the egg from my face.
  
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- DOCBYRD
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:01am
  There was no Heckling that took place. In the video the man made a statement saying can 1 person in this room tell him why people need to have an assault style weapon & the people in the room answered him it’s there 2nd Amendment right.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:03am
  Locked, if you don’t want heckled, don’t partake in political theater. Don’t use the Rahm Emanuel approach of never letting a good crisis go to waste. He’s a troll. Tell it like it is.
  
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- US-First
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:16am
  I am sorry for the grieving father but if he is going to put himself on the public stage and emotively use his loss to try an effect policy changes, then he and those around him have to accept criticism of his view. Its not like he was heckled at his home or during his sons funeral. He opted to express an opinion at a public forum, used emotion to enhance his opinion and should be called on it.
  
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- BornWithCommonSense
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:16am
  My prayers go out to each family that lost their most precious children.
  However, the father asked a question to the gallery and was meet with responses.
  
  What do you think that father response would be if posed with the option have had an armed person that could have meet force with force on that mentally deranged person?
  
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- mhannah.vera
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:36am
  He might have been a plant to make us look heartless, wouldn’t put it pass them!
  
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- Silvertruth
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:53am
  Well, notice how these “NRA moles” got called hecklers while when a conservative is speaking and progressives in the audience shout out (even drown out the speaker) they get called ‘objectors in the crowd’ or ‘people of conscience’.
  
  If the rule was applied equally and fairly, then I’d agree that it had no place. The issue is that we’ve lost all civility and respect for each other because it’s all about how ‘loud’ you are, not about right or wrong.
  
  I would not have done what the speaker in the crowd did. It’s not common ground. The father’s question is easy enough to answer, “Why do citizens need these military style weapons?”, simple, to keep their declared right to consent of the governed.
  
  This is the logic of the Second Amendment put in simple, modern terms:
  In order to have a civilian based military (which ours is), civilians must own and be able to own weapons of equivalent power.
  
  We lost a lot of power when fully automatic weapons got banned, but given the era they were banned in and the abuse of those weapons, I understand why the ban happened. If they take away medium powered, semi-automatic carbines, (the mainstay of military firearms) then we will have lost parity with our military that is commanded by a single person.
  
  Sadly, the single person thinks that 52% election results means that he can stomp all over the other 48%. People wonder why there is such a fuss about all this…
  
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- JT-CPR
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 1:41pm
  “I’m all for the second amendment, but jeez, heckling a grieving father for expressing his opinion is what I expect from leftists, not constitutionalists.”
  
  Another example of how some think we should continue to keep our mouths shut and mind our business. Isn’t this part of the reason we are in the situation we are currently in. Also if the “grieving father” is going to put him self on that stage than he should be prepared for some backlash. A line has been drawn in the sand and our rights will not be infringed!
  
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- Liberty_27
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:33pm
  He was not heckled he asked the people there who could give a good reason to have these guns & clips first no one said anything then he said no one can give a reason then I heard some people say they don’t want their rights infringed. And to add why doesn’t this father know that the so called assault weapon was found in the murderers car it was not used to shoot a single child in Sandy Hook school ? I found this out by a detective friend of mines mother who he told.
  
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SamIamTwo
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:28am
I don’t know if I would get in the man’s face like that…I have other ways and means than to be singled out by a crowd of liberals. Too soon to be taking on those who are grieving…but yet they are using them to advance an agenda so therefore I submit that it was OK to yell out an opposing view…very hard to do…so congrats.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:33am
  So, if you lose a child in a tragic event, you become an expert?
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:42am
  No Jerk, but if you heckle a man who just lost his young child you ARE an *******.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:59am
  GONZO, I disagree since it was that father himself who asked the question. He did probably want it to be rhetorical but in that sense he was being used as a tool in that press conference. Had it been a memorial service, hell no, never say anything. But in an open forum like this, yes, somebody does need to speak up. The press knew what it was doing by putting him in that position, and it was the press who identified the one and only person who spoke up as a heckler. I’d say that the so called heckler knew what was going on and bravely spoke out. I would also venture to say that the attending press had their security personnel escort this out of the proceedings, then continued to USE their other tools in the room.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:01am
  If you don’t want heckled, don’t pretend to be an expert. Don’t testify before congress. The loss of a child does not convey god-like status upon the parent. Factually, the parent is using his child’s death as a political tool… he’s the real Jerk.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:08am
  This is what you must know:
  
  Proof enough that the atavistic right wing nutjobs have no sense of proportion – completely unable to consider or process more than one concept.
  
  It is so.
- Fubared
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 3:07pm
  WangDang
  Do you use atavan? What is your drug of choice? The Supreme Court has said repeatedly, including in two recent decisions, that bans or restrictions on an individual right to acquire and possess guns is unconstitutional and illegal. Wherein does the grieving father allude to this in his emotions? Sorry for his loss, sorry that another wangdang was left untreated to cause all this, but as the hero of Fallujah 2, what constitutes an assault weapon?
  
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South Philly Boy
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:25am
Another SETUP

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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:11am
  This is what you must know:
  
  Yes, yes, a set up. No doubt the same people who were cheering for the father in yesterday’s Blaze story who said there was no need for new gun laws, the father you were all cheering. Well, I guess it takes a true schizophrenic to be both a blind 2nd Amendment zealot and a liberal plant. Well done.
  
  It is so.
- r3dbull4dd1kt
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:03am
  sensei with another episode of “How the Kool-aid Tastes” brought to you by “Braindead Liberal Rhetoric”
  
  It AIN’t so…dimwit
  
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jericho777
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:23am
The new low here are the GRAVE STANDING by these gun advocates…Including this father…

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Gonzo
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:23am
“Following the incident, MSNBC host Martin Bashir covered the heckling on his show, deriding the incident and claiming that it was inexcusable”
I hate to agree with Bashir, but heckling a grieving parent isn’t the right way to win the argument. That’s how the left acts…we can and should do better than that.

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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:22am
  It very likely was the left who did the heckling. They are masters at framing others by planting a supposed conservative behaving badly to further their warped agenda.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:45am
  @GONZO
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:23am
  “Following the incident, MSNBC host Martin Bashir covered the heckling on his show, deriding the incident and claiming that it was inexcusable”
  I hate to agree with Bashir, but heckling a grieving parent isn’t the right way to win the argument. That’s how the left acts…we can and should do better than that.
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  Once you “agree with Bashir” you may as well be waving the red flag.
  When are you people going to learn that showing communists ANY quarter
  is a LOSER.
  
  2 elections should have taught you that already.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:58am
  I hope it was a left wing plant. But, I’m not naive enough to think that everyone that agrees with me on an issue is above this kind of inappropriate behavior.
  
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- r3dbull4dd1kt
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:12am
  It was a PUBLIC forum! I am disgusted that this grieving father is using his Emotional Hysteria as a propaganda tool to undermine the US Constitution/Bill of Rights…
  
  Its pathetic…its despicable…its disgusting…It needs to STOP…
  
  This isn’t a debate–it isn’t up for discussion–it’s not a matter of CHOICE…it is a matter of RIGHTS…
  
  If the Second Amendment falls, the country falls with it–PERIOD
  
  “A Well-Regulated Militia, Being Essential to the Free State, the right of The People to Keep and Bear Arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”….it isn’t a difficult concept to grasp; Grieving fathers and Liberal Rhetoric aren’t going to change the fact that this is a Socialist powerplay and it ISN’T going to bring that man’s son back, it will however ensure there are hundreds or thousands more put to rest before their time….
  
  Many of us take this personally because it is personal–it is a direct assault against the very fabric of our country by an unqualified non-citizen on a powertrip…
  
  WE WILL NOT COMPLY!!! Molan Labe!
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 1:26pm
  @GONZO
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:58am
  I hope it was a left wing plant. But, I’m not naive enough to think that everyone that agrees with me on an issue is above this kind of inappropriate behavior.
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  No offense to you G, you’re usually spot on.
  But being nice to these people does not work.
  Its been proven throughout history.
  They dont want discussion, debate or compromise.
  While I have empathy for any parent losing a child, this guy is being used
  as a political tool to advance an agenda — either that or he’s calculated it
  himself.
  
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DennisNJ
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:23am
Ever think the gun control is related to the “Death Panel” in Obamacare?
What if this panel decided your mother/father, son/daughter or brother/sister was to die instead of paying out the money “in hopes” an operation will work.
Interesting thought.

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readytostand
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:23am
Right away the media starts twisting the issue ! The so called father of a victim was making his statemement with asking the question , ( can anyone in the room tell me a need for such weapons, referring to an ar-15 ?) What the media called as hecklers were simply people in the audience answering his question , with a response to his question ! If you do not agree with the media”s narrative , you will be made out to be a heckler , insensative , crazy , right winger , etc. they are most certainly attempting to crush our freedom of speech ! Do not let this propaganda tactic rattle you folks , (stand tall for what is right , Lady Liberty , can only endure with a strong second amendment .)

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Stelex
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:22am
They want only one side of the story’s, the tragic side. How many people did they have testify where guns save their lives or stopped a crime. None.

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Supah_Patriot
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:22am
Totally classless act, to interrupt that man at that time in that way.

But that’s what America has come to expect of these nuts. Sick.

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- r3dbull4dd1kt
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 11:19am
  So the First Amendment applies to a rhetoric spouting, emotionally unstable, completely illogical, grieving father but not the rest of the crowd? The fact that YOUR side is happy to exploit people who are still in Shock for their own agenda speaks volumes of who really has “character”…
  
  This man DESERVED to be put in his place, because contrary to what your ‘No Child Left Behind’ education fed you, there are things called “FACTS” and they separate RIGHT from WRONG–he is WRONG and needs to be corrected…period
  
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- toxicbeowulf
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 12:47pm
  He asked a PHUCKIN question and he got an answer. No one interrupted this pathetic excuse for a father. Your a special kind of stupid. Dumass
  
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- Raging_Waters
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 1:22pm
  @SUPAH ATTENTION WHORE
  
  Once again, you’ve shown that your stupidity has no bounds. The dad asked a question he thought no one had the answer to…and he was wrong. Just because he’s ignorant of the purpose of civilians owning powerful weapons, doesn’t mean we all are.
  
  Once you’re done with those pizza rolls mommy made, go read up on the history of tyrants and
  dictators rise to power. Who knows, you may actually learn something worthwhile …
  
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00100111
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:19am
Good. That father should be ashamed of himself for even thinking about banning firearms. I realize he’s distraught, but that’s no excuse to act like a child and try to ban everyone from having the ability to defend themselves because he lost his kid. Dude needs to grow up. Mourn for child, “dad”, but don’t even think about stripping me of my rights or you’ll join your kid.

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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:05am
  Mr or Ms COMMA,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  So much for the “liberal plant” theory.
  
  It is so.
  
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spfoam1
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:17am
The goofball lady who said that “guns designed to do the most damage possible don’t belong in the hands of civilians” is an ignoramus. Does she think that guns designed to do the least amount of damage are any good for anything?

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Hearmenow2
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:17am
If any parent is able to politicize ther childrens death and only use gun control as the way to stop these tragedies. And not offer up the other reasons such as Rap lyrics, television violence or prescribed anti-pyhcotic medicines then you know they are not grieving so much as to carry someone elses political water for them. Besides assault weapons are needed to protect against the tyranny of the many government traitors we have in washington who are seeking to destroy the constitution. This is called sedition by those who are seeking to silence those who would stand for the constituion.

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LKZ
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:15am
When you put yourself in a position advocating for a political position, you will face people with a different opinion. I don’t like the interrupting of people speaking out on an issue, but if you ask a question, even if you meant it rhetorical, than don’t be surprised if the audience responds.

In a strange way, we have been taught to respond to speakers.
Speaker asks question, audience responds in a chant.
This just was not the question/chant expected.

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TanVampire
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:12am
The 2nd Amendment, Piers Morgan & Bleached ********
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy76UC39t1w

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Bonnieblue2A
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:11am
My heart goes out to the parents of the children murdered. However, taking away the rights of citizens does not honor them. Rather, it gives a victory to every predator by giving them a very large pool of those who cannot meet their lethal attacks with the same lethal force.

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grimmster
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:09am
The attack on guns and the second amendment was not started by grieving Sandy Hook parents, but by politicians, who desire to be king,and has gone on for decades,even before woodrow wilson.To heckle a grieving father or gun control is wrong,and it doesnt matter how hard you try and convince,almost all the parent who lost children will blame the gun.The only parent with a clear mind and common sense so far, has been Mr. Mattioli. Folks we are this | | close to losing all of our rights our forefathers fought for,and there are too many out there willing to give them up today, for some assanine false sense of security they think “gun control” would offer.These sheep are at the proverbial slaughter house at this very moment.So ,lets forget history, and wait to end up like the Jews in WWII………i think not…….Unlike what Glenn says,its time to fight, not for pacifism……….

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Just_Us2
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:09am
Spare me the feigned outrage. A lot more soldiers fought and died, with guns, to protect the rights of speech on both sides, even on the side of banning them. Funny how it takes guns to secure the liberties of those who would ban them. How many have burned flags and spit on soldiers and mocked the widows and fatherless….this heckler pales in comparison to that.

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term limits for congress
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:08am
The guy was making a rehearsed speech – it was not a funeral. The left moves the ball by appealing to emotion rather than truth.

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barber2
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:07am
Americans have seen SEIU, ACORN, OWS, and the MSM bullying for the past four years. That seems to be par for the course for the Obama people. The president himself has brought down the tone of public discourse with his nasty ” anti-rich ” negative campaigning , and his anti- Republican congress comments. Many Americans feel marginalized and are tired of the abuse. Since Jason Levin, a Democrat, advised people to bring racist posters to Tea Party meetings , I would also want to explore just who was behind the “heckling.”

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theBru
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:07am
Seems like it is OK to heckle at military funerals, but it wrong to heckle at an actual hearing on the subject of gun control. this was not the funeral of the man’s son, but a hearing…again, the msm agrees with anything leaning left…it has become the “norm” in today’s PC society, anything that has to do with actual rights of the people, has become wrong, and anything that has to do with privilege, has become the left’s inalienable rights…divider-in-chief is doing exactly what he promised us he would do…

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:07am
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I use to care about your children……..

Have you no shame?……….

How can you stand on their Dead Bodies and PIMP their Memory, inorder to take away my Freedoms?……

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 10:19am
  SPANKY, I am with you on this topic. That grieving father is being used, otherwise what is that panel all about? It seems to be established as a one sided only panel.
  
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Bunk
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:03am
I am a strong advocate of the 2nd Amendment but although I have no qualms about heckling a politician I think it’s inappropriate to heckle a grieving father expressing his opinion.

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- Bonnieblue2A
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:14am
  Agreed. I do have to wonder if the heckler wasn’t a professional provocature staged there in order to make gun owners look unfeeling and selfish. It wouldn’t be the first time such methods were used by the far left.
  
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- r3dbull4dd1kt
  Posted on January 29, 2013 at 4:19pm
  I respectfully disagree–wholeheartedly…
  
  We need to start correcting everybody who has an ‘opinion’ based on feeling and emotion that discounts facts; Everything is “subjective” to people today–it is time to dismiss the Pinko-Commie loving Grey Area BS–there is RIGHT and there is WRONG….when you are WRONG it is the people who are RIGHT that have a duty to correct your stupidity–
  
  this father is a grieving parent–who is a big walking pile of STUPID…he opened his mouth and blathered out rhetoric and got put in his place…
  
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dublinthewagons
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:01am
The Obama administration desecrated the victims by standing on their graves and pushing for gun control. Its all about destroying the constitution & our rights. Total government control.

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NDPINDNT
Posted on January 29, 2013 at 9:01am
As soon as this gentleman moved away from morning his son and talked of gun contol at a PUBLIC hearing, he opened himself up for the comments from the audience. MSMBC Martin was wrong!

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