WASHINGTON -
6 year-old Jessie
Heslin's father pleaded with Congress to ban assault weapons like the one that
killed his son
During a Senate hearing for Senator
Dianne Feinstein's proposed ban, Heslin tearfully recounted his son's last
moments during the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting .
The Obama administration supports
Feinstein's bill. It would ban some
assault weapons, high capacity magazine, and require mandatory background
checks for all gun purchases.
Connecticut
Senator Richard Blumenthal, said an assault weapons ban could have prevented
the massacre at Newtown
Earlier in the hearing, tempers flared
when Milwaukee's police chief challenged Senator Lindsey Graham.
A Senate vote on the Assault Weapons ban
could come as soon as Thursday.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
was also in Washington today. Bloomberg is trying to convince lawmakers to pass
an assault weapons ban.
