Martin Bashir   |  January 30, 2013

The Newtown tragedy, in a father’s own words

Hear Neil Heslin talk about his son Jessie, who was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and why he believes that America can live without assault-style weapons or high-capacity clips.

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This content comes from Closed Captioning that was broadcast along with this program.

>>> on monday on our program, we aired a portion of a hearing where we heard from neil heslin whose 6-year-old son jesse was killed at sandy hook elementary school . we received a number of comments over the last few days so we're going to play the relevant portion in full.

>> i don't know how many people have young children or children, but just try putting yourself i'm in or these other parents that are here. and having a child that you lost lost. it's not a good feeling. it's 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. i wish -- i ask if there's anybody in this room who can give me one reason or challenge this question, why anybody in this room needs to have an assault -- one of these assault-style weapons or military weapons or high-capacity clips. and not one person can answer that question.

>> second amendment shall not be infringed!

>> all right.

>> shall not infringe our rights.

>> please no comments while mr. heslin is speaking or we'll clear the room. please continue.

>> anybody -- anyway. we're all entitled to our own opinion. and i respect their opinions and their thoughts. but i wish they'd respect mine and give it a little bit of thought.

>> martin and many other who is saw mr. heslin's testimony have called that interruption heckling. some disagree. he wanted you to hear it in full so you can draw your own conclusion. constipated? yeah. mm.