Gun Lobbying Group Smears Father Of School Shooting Victim

[Galraedia]

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- A Connecticut gun lobbying group on Wednesday personally attacked the father of a Sandy Hook school massacre victim, accusing him of "profitting off of the tragedy" and saying a decade-old drug arrest makes him a "poster boy" for background check ineffectiveness.

Connecticut Carry, a nonprofit gun lobbying organization, singled out Neil Heslin, whose son Jesse Lewis was killed in the December school shooting, in a press release. Heslin has testified before Congress and attended events at the White House with President Barack Obama in support of increased background checks for gun purchasers.

Heslin was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday to answer charges related to driving with a suspended license and writing bad checks. He has pleaded not guilty, the News Times reported. Heslin was convicted of felony narcotics possession more than a decade ago, around the same period he was arrested multiple times for driving under the influence. Attempts to reach Heslin Wednesday were unsuccessful.

Referring to Heslin's White House visits, the gun lobby group said, "A felon within arm’s reach of the president of the administration so dead set on background checks. No better testimony to how ineffective background checks are needs to be presented."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/neil-heslin-smeared-connecticut-carry_n_3240591.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[onehandle]

1. Name names of gun creeps like this. What are their addresses? What are their phone numbers?

What is in their closets? Their basements?

[mokawanis]

2. Not a shred of decency

Connecticut Carry is stooping about as low as they can go, attacking the father of a murdered child. Total shameless assholes.

[RVN VET]

3. Speechless

No, wait. One word for them: vermin.

End of story.

[freshwest]

7. That'll do. Or varmint.

[blue neen]

4. Diabolical.

Evil.

Unbelievable jackass gun lobby.

[Iliyah]

5. Soulless

[mbperrin]

6. Starting to rank up there with Westboro Baptist.

Quite a feat. Most "people" can't reach that low.

Or would want to.

Well, wishing for karma to turn the wheel a little faster.

[Sugarcoated]

27. Yep

They're in the same category now as the Westboro scum, NRA close behind, if not there already.

[timdog44]

31. They are past the Westboro Church.

The people of the church at the least, believe what they are doing, no matter how misguided. The NRA is all about $$$$$. The dirty bastards only think of money. They have no moral beliefs or ethics.

[MichiganVote]

8. The felon/president comment is pretty funny considering Washington DC.

This will never gain any traction. The country supports these families. We have their back.

[abelenkpe]

9. more evidence of how mean and rotten right wingers are

[KansDem]

10. I don't understand this...

Mr. Heslin may have had run-ins with the law, but he's not wanting to buy a gun so what does the "'poster boy' for background checks" had to do with it?

And what the hell does this have to do with anything? Referring to Heslin's White House visits, the gun lobby group said, "A felon within arm’s reach of the president of the administration so dead set on background checks. No better testimony to how ineffective background checks are needs to be presented.

[Bay Boy]

11. Made no sense to

me either.

[CBHagman]

12. To contact Connecticut Carry...

[url]http://ctcarry.com/News/Releases[/url]

Connecticut Carry is dedicated to advancing and protecting the fundamental civil rights of the men and women of Connecticut to keep and bear arms for defense of themselves and the state as guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Connecticut.


Contact:
Richard Burgess
President
Connecticut Carry, Inc
Ph: 203-208-9577
Email: [e-mail]
http://ctcarry.com

[riverbendviewgal]

13. be careful

the nut could go after anyone who writes him
He is a thug if he can go after a father whose son was killed.

Burgess is one reason why I will never set foot in the USA again.

[mountain grammy]

26. And he's one reason I think about leaving.

[Turbineguy]

14. But they didn't

shoot him.

Yet.

[Kingofalldems]

16. I see what you are doing

Not very clever though.

[NYC_SKP]

17. Hey, Gunsarebadmkay....

Some DU members, good Democrats and progressives, support the responsible gun ownership.

Are we heartless assholes who want to watch children die?

Are you here for any productive purpose, or do you just want to stir shit?

[Kingofalldems]

18. He's dead Jim.

Reverse trolling mocking pro gun control people.

[NYC_SKP]

19. Completely gone.

Erased.

Disappeared!


Jury results on this last reply was 4:2. Two people thought it was A-OK.

[Kolesar]

21. Been here ten years

I missed yesterday evening's brouhaha.
There's some moles here.

[lexington filly]

20. My response to attack? Ho hum, yawn.

If this dad got a job related to his life altering personal experience, he'd be following in many positive footsteps before him. The father whose son was kidnapped years ago---ended up making a difference, then on America's Most Wanted. Lady whose sister died of breast cancer---she's behind millions in cancer research and a pink ribboned bank account of her own. So I hope this dad does get a job that marries his passion with his living. Condemn him? Ridiculous.

And as for his decade old drug possession felony and what followed . . . Anyone who's loved, known or been an addict/alcoholic recognizes that tragic story and how America's culture kicks 'em when they're down, then locks 'em up and/or fines them into oblivion rather than get them the help they need.

[Chemisse]

29. If his drug problems are 10 years behind him, then he should be congratulated.

Drug addiction is a horrible plague in this country. Kudos to those who have survived it and moved on.

[blackspade]

22. What utter scumbags.

[Blue_Tires]

23. Mercifully, the usual suspects who might try to defend this

are staying 100 miles away from this thread

[AtheistCrusader]

24. This seems to have less to do with guns/gun control and more to do with

just blind partisan rage/being an asshole.

Can't imagine anyone defending this, but then again, I can't imagine anyone uttering it in the first place.
I guess their position is that any felon that has served out his sentence and out of probation, should never be allowed near the president? Well, there's no such law... The Secret Service allows or denies access on very subjective criteria, and I doubt they consider him a threat.

I imagine members of that group are going 'Yay, we GOT him HA! Character assassination for the win!' and they are going to sit around sullen over beers unable to understand what happened when it backfires.

[Sunlei]

25. so wrong to have these kind of tax free, 'non profits' or even 'charities' that are for politics!!

These clubs of political naggers and harassers should pay their taxes, and not be allowed non-profit status or tax deducations for 'donations'.

Feels to me that this is a crime to harass, slander and libel a single American citizen. Can he sue that new club of republican harassers??

The thousands upon thousands of "political charities" are just a front for the extremely wealthy to ramp up their attacks and get it all tax free.

Political non-profits, don't pay state taxes! they hurt real charities bigtime, the legit charities are suffering for donations.

[George II]

28. They are pure slime...no respect for anyone but their psychotic backers.

[frylock]

30. paging Anonymous..

please dox these fuckers. please?

[rynestonecowboy]

32. Drop him a line......

On their website this is their top story and at the bottom of it there is an email address to the author. I sent him a piece of my mind and I suggest you to. I labeled the subject as "I agree" so he would hopefully open it and read it instead of deleting it. Pond scum...