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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
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That's what I was talking about. They edited out the entire part where Heslin asked the audience a question and paused for them to respond. Here's the unedited video. Jump ahead to 15:00 for the relevant part.
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At around the 15-minute mark in the video below you'll hear an untold number of gun-rights supporters shout out a variety of Second Amendment-related remarks, just as the the Connecticut Post originally reported occurred in a story headlined "Father of Newtown victim heckled at hearing." But the video also shows that those who interjected were responding to a question posed by Heslin.
"Is there anybody in this room that can give me one reason or challenge this question, why anybody in this room needs to have one of these assault-style weapons or military weapons or high-capacity clips?" Heslin said before pausing and looking around the room. He then continued: "And not one person can answer that question or give me an answer." It was at that point that the cries of "Second Amendment" can be heard.
It's certainly worth pointing out that the audience members aren't supposed to interrupt a witness?a lawmaker running the hearing can be heard asking for the crowd to be quiet?and it's possible that Heslin's question was a rhetorical one, and his pause was simply for dramatic effect. But regardless, it also appears as though those gun-rights advocates who spoke up were doing so in response to what they heard as a question. Even if such actions represent an interruption they nonetheless appear to fall well short of heckling, an act that most often comes with an air of harassment associated with it.
If the exchange between Heslin and the pro-gun audience members was noteworthy at all, it's likely because of how relatively civil the whole thing was (at least in comparison to what followed online today). The gun-rights advocates in the audience quickly quiet down after their short responses; Heslin appears largely unfazed by the shouts.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...un_rights.html
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