Newtown Families ‘Disgusted’ Over Background Check Failure [Video]

Family members of the Newtown massacre are still voicing their disapproval over the Senate’s inability to pass gun control reform pertaining to expanded background checks this week.

Appearing on CBS’ Face The Nation, relatives of three Newtown victims discussed the fate of the Senate bill to expand background checks for gun purchasers, which failed Wednesday to gain the necessary 60 votes for passage.

“It’s not about the second amendment, it’s strengthening and adding to laws that already in effect,” opined Neil Heslin, who lost his son, Jesse Lewis, in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. “I don’t think they did justice for all the victims of Newtown.”

“It’s a political game, there was nothing bipartisan about it at all,” he continued, lamenting the political process on Capitol Hill.

“My sister was not a coward, she protected her kids. Why aren’t they protecting us?” asked Carlee Soto, the sister of slain Sandy Hook teacher Vicki Soto.

Erica Lafferty, the daughter of principal Dawn Hochsprung, agreed with Soto.

“My mom was not scared in the halls of Sandy Hook, they should not be scared to case a vote to protect millions of innocent people,” she commented.

Lafferty said that she was “honestly disgusted” at those who voted against the bill, calling the action “grossly unfair to the family members of Newtown as well as all other gun violence victims.”

Though some have observed that this might be the end for gun control legislation for now, these three hope that it’s just the beginning.

“We aren’t going to go away,” Heslin firmly stated. “We’re not going to stop til there are changes that are made.”

“They are going to get sick of seeing my face,” Lafferty added.

You can watch video below. What do you think? Is this the end or just the beginning of the political battle over gun control?

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