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Live: Newtown parent to testify at Senate assault weapons ban hearing

By NBC News and wires

Posted: 02/27/2013 07:29:41 AM PST

Updated: 02/27/2013 08:02:23 AM PST

Live: Newtown parent to testify at Senate assault weapons ban hearingVisit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyNeil Heslin, a 50-year-old construction worker, says he normally pays little attention to politics. But he was yanked painfully into the middle of the nation's gun debate last December, when his 6-year-old son, Jesse, along with 19 other first-graders and six educators, was shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn."It's a burden, it's more than a burden on me," Heslin said in an interview Tuesday as ...View "Live: Newtown parent to testify at Senate assault weapons ban hearing" on Spundge

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