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Gun vote stirs passion at Ayotte town hall meeting
The daughter of a Newtown victim confronted Sen. Kelly Ayotte during her first town hall meeting since she voted against expanded background checks on all commercial gun sales.
The confrontation erupted in a small meeting building filled with more than 100 people who came to condemn or support the senator's vote. It was Ayotte's first town hall meeting since she opposed a compromise negotiated by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., nearly two weeks ago.
Erica Lafferty, daughter of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victim Dawn Hochsprung, confronts Sen. Kelly Ayotte at a town hall Tuesday.
"You had mentioned that day the burden on owners of gun stores that the expanded background checks would harm. I am just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the halls of her elementary school isn't more important than that," asked a visibly angry Erica Lafferty, the daughter of slain Sandy Hook Elementary principal Dawn Hochsprung. Lafferty had first met with Ayotte in Washington following that failed vote.
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Ayotte responded: "Erica, I, certainly let me just say - I'm obviously so sorry."
"And, um, I think that ultimately when we look at what happened in Sandy Hook, I understand that's what drove this whole discussion -- all of us want to make sure that doesn't happen again," Ayotte said.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/30/17988465-gun-vote-stirs-passion-at-ayotte-town-hall-meeting?lite
The confrontation erupted in a small meeting building filled with more than 100 people who came to condemn or support the senator's vote. It was Ayotte's first town hall meeting since she opposed a compromise negotiated by Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., nearly two weeks ago.
Erica Lafferty, daughter of Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victim Dawn Hochsprung, confronts Sen. Kelly Ayotte at a town hall Tuesday.
"You had mentioned that day the burden on owners of gun stores that the expanded background checks would harm. I am just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the halls of her elementary school isn't more important than that," asked a visibly angry Erica Lafferty, the daughter of slain Sandy Hook Elementary principal Dawn Hochsprung. Lafferty had first met with Ayotte in Washington following that failed vote.
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Ayotte responded: "Erica, I, certainly let me just say - I'm obviously so sorry."
"And, um, I think that ultimately when we look at what happened in Sandy Hook, I understand that's what drove this whole discussion -- all of us want to make sure that doesn't happen again," Ayotte said.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/30/17988465-gun-vote-stirs-passion-at-ayotte-town-hall-meeting?lite
Much more at link with description of a rowdy town hall in gun country.
