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Posted: 4/6/2013 11:48:24 AM EST
FILE – In this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo Neil Heslin, the father of Jesse, a six-year-old boy who was slain in the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, carries a picture of his son prior to testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. Families of the school shooting victims are making regular appearances with President Barack Obama and walking the halls of Congress to advocate for stricter gun regulations. They helped push through the nation's most restrictive firearms law in Connecticut this April. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:48:21 PM EST
Robbie Parker, left, daughter Samantha, second from left, Parker's wife Alissa and Texas Rangers' David Murphy, gather on the field before Robbie threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers Friday April 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Parker, a North Texas native whose 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, was among the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, threw out the first pitch before the Rangers home opener, their favorite team. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:48:21 PM EST
Robbie Parker pumps his first after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers, Friday April 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Parker, a North Texas native whose 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, was among the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, threw out the first pitch before the Rangers' home-opener, their favorite team. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:48:21 PM EST
Robbie Parker, left, receives a hug from Texas Rangers representative Ivan Rodriguez (7) after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers Friday April 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Parker, a North Texas native whose 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, was among the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, threw out the first pitch before the Rangers home opener, their favorite team. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:48:21 PM EST
Robbie Parker, left, receives a hug from Texas Rangers representative Ivan Rodriguez (7) after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers Friday April 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Parker, a North Texas native whose 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, was among the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, threw out the first pitch before the Rangers home opener, their favorite team. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:48:21 PM EST
Robbie Parker throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers Friday April 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Parker, a North Texas native whose 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, was among the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, threw out the first pitch before the Rangers' home-opener, their favorite team. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Posted: 4/5/2013 3:48:21 PM EST
Robbie Parker, right, receives a hug from Texas Rangers representative Ivan Rodriguez after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Rangers, Friday April 5, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Parker, a North Texas native whose 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, was among the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut, threw out the first pitch before the Rangers' home-opener, their favorite team. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 6:38:27 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, completes signing legislation that includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. Malloy is applauded by Neil Heslin, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, second from left, Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:41 PM EST
CORRECTS FIRST NAME OF FATHER TO MARK BARDEN INSTEAD OF DANIEL BARDEN - Jackie and Mark Barden, parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Daniel Barden, center and right respectively, react while holding hands and standing next to Deborah Davis, left, who lost her son to gun violence in 2010, during a legislation signing ceremony at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Conn. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy brings into law new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, second from right, gestures at the conclusion of a legislation signing ceremony as Jackie and Mark Barden, left and second from left respectively, parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Daniel Barden, and Neil Heslin, right, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, right, look on at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Malloy adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Mark Barden, center, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Daniel Barden, hugs U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, as Barden's wife Jackie, right, looks on at the conclusion of a legislation signing ceremony at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Connecticut Dannel P. Malloy at the ceremony adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center left, hugs Nicole Hockley, center right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan Hockley, as Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, right, look on at the conclusion of legislation signing ceremonies at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Malloy adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 5:18:40 PM EST
Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan Hockley, hugs Conn. state Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, center, as Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, looks on at the conclusion of legislation signing ceremonies at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The legislation signed by Malloy adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:48:23 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, signs legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013, that includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, left, look on. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:33:44 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, completes signing legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013, that includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. Neil Heslin, second from left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, left, applaud. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:33:44 PM EST
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, signs legislation at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, April 4, 2013, that includes new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown. Neil Heslin, behind left, father of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, Nicole Hockley, right, mother of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Dylan, and Conn. Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, left, look on. The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban, sets eligibility rules for buying ammunition, and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:14:03 PM EST
Rifles turned in are seen during a gun buyback event in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 28, 2012. REUTERS/ Michelle McLoughlin
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:14:03 PM EST
Rifles turned in are seen during a gun buyback event in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 28, 2012. REUTERS/ Michelle McLoughlin
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Posted: 4/4/2013 1:14:03 PM EST
Rifles turned in are seen during a gun buyback event in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 28, 2012. REUTERS/ Michelle McLoughlin
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Posted: 4/4/2013 10:35:39 AM EST
Rifles turned in are seen during a gun buyback event in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 28, 2012. REUTERS/ Michelle McLoughlin
