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Newtown Dad's Tearful Senate Plea for Assault Weapons Ban

A father who lost his son in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School sobbed as he testified at a Senate hearing today in favor of an assault weapons ban. Across town Vice President Biden alluded to untold horror of the Newtown tragedy in an appeal for help from the nation's attorneys general. Despite their emotional appeals, the push for gun reforms championed by the White House and many Democrats faces an uncertain future. "Jesse was the love of my life," said Neil Heslin, sobbing as he...Full Story
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