FOR MORE ON THIS WE'RE JOINED
BY DAVID HOGG AND SANFUENTES
PARKLAND SHOOTING SURVIVORS AND
ACTIVISTS DAVID SAM, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING,
DAVID FIRST TO YOU WHEN YOU
REFLECT AND THE IMPACT THE
MARCH FOR OUR LIVES MOVEMENT
HAD HE CONTINUES TO HAVE WHAT
ARE YOU HOPING THAT PEOPLE TAKE
AWAY FROM THIS FILM.
>> I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE ARE
ABLE TO TAKE AWAY THE FACT
THAT.
ALL OF US REALLY WE'RE JUST YOU
KNOW KIDS AND NOW WE'RE JUST
YOUNG ADULTS AND. YOU KNOW
THERE'S
NO VENDETTA AND I THINK HERE WE
REALLY JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE
TO DIE FROM GUN VIOLENCE
ANYMORE AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT
YOU KNOW THERE'S GOT TO
YOU KNOW HOLISTIC SOLUTION TO
ADDRESSING WHY SOMEONE PICKS UP
THERE AND THE ROLE THAT
INJUSTICE AND AND SENATE RACES
IN PLACES THAT BUT ALSO THE YOU
KNOW HOW SOMEBODY GETS A GUN IN
THE FIRST PEOPLE SEE THAT WE
REALLY ARE JUST YOU KNOW HUMAN
BEINGS THAT DON'T ON OUR OUR
FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE
SHOT ANYMORE.
>> SAM, YOU SURVIVED MULTIPLE
GUNSHOT WOUNDS ON THAT FATEFUL
DAY. HOW
DID ACTIVISM GIVE YOU A VOICE
TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHERS WERE
HEARING YOUR STORY AND MAKING
SURE THAT IT HAPPENED TO THEIR
LOVED ONES AND AFTER SUCH A
DIFFICULT EVENT.
>> THE HEAT ESPECIALLY IN THIS
I REALLY DON'T MIND HERE IT IS
IN A TIME WHERE.
GUN VIOLENCE WHICH IS VIEWED AS
A SERIES OF TIMELINES AND
STATISTICS AND THE OFFICER GETS
THE HUMANITY
THAT WAS BEHIND ALL OF THE
STORIES OF THESE PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IN A LOST
LOVED ONES AND PEOPLE THAT
CARE ABOUT AND IT'S A POOLS
LIKE THIS JUST YOU KNOW REACH
STATUE, MANY PEOPLE THEY HATE
IT.
THE QUESTION PEOPLE SOME
PATIENTS SEEING THEIR ABILITY
JUST
THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT AND
GETTING REALLY HOPES THAT IT
INSPIRED PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT
I HOPE MY STORY THAT'S IS NOT.
THIS IS SERVING A LIFE PEOPLE,
IT'S JUST LIKE YOU AND AND I I
KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE
MEDIA AND THE SOCIETY THAT WE
LIVE IN WE SHOULD GET THIS
WE'RE DESENSITIZED OR NOMINATES
THIS IS REALLY JUST AN EYE AND
THAT OF PRIDE FOR.
SOMEBODY TO STAND AGAINST
AGAINST THESE SYSTEMS AND
JUSTICE.
>> I WANT TO POSE THIS NEXT
QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU AND
SAM, I'LL START
WITH YOU. YOU KNOW HOW HAVE
YOUR LIVES CHANGED BECAUSE OF
THE TRAGEDY OF THAT DAY ACTUAL
SCHOOL AND HOW THE MOVEMENT
THAT CAME AFTERWARDS REALLY
RALLIED SO MANY TO LEND THEIR
VOICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
MOVEMENT PRODUCED RESULTS.
HOW IS EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR
USE AND WE'LL START WITH YOU
AND DAVID YOU CAN ALSO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION TOO.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE
ANTICIPATED THE TRACTION IN THE
AMOUNT OF ATTENTION THAT THIS
WAS GOING TO RECEIVE RIGHT
AND SAYS FOR ME I WAS IN SUCH A
VULNERABLE PLACE IN MY LIFE
I WAS EVEN NOW, I'M STILL
SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF
PTSD AND DEPRESSION
AND ANXIETY AND I'M STILL
WORKING JUST AS HARD AS ANYBODY
ELSE WITHIN THIS
MOVEMENT RATE. AND SO MY LIFE
HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY BECAUSE
LIKE MY TIE PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE
HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY.
MY PRIORITIES
HAVE CHANGED MY UNDERSTANDING
OF JUSTICE AND AND FAIRNESS IN
THIS ROSE CHANGED AN
WHAT I SPEND MY TIME DOING LIKE
THIS PARTICULAR INTERVIEW HAS
CHANGED AN.
AND HOPEFULLY I THINK WE'RE
LIVING IN AN ERA WHERE PEOPLE
ARE BEING MORE SENSITIVE TO
THESE TOPICS AND WE'RE
WEARING WORD AND HOPEFULLY
WE'RE EDUCATED IN IN A WORLD
THAT IT'S OFF TO SO CONVOLUTED
AND LIKE I SAID SO
DESENSITIZED SO.
>> IT'S AGENCY AND DAVID SAME
QUESTION OVER TO YOU I GUESS
WITH THE ADDITION HEAR THAT I
REMEMBER BEING ON THE GROUND IN
NEW YORK HERE ON MARCH FOR OUR
LIVES IN
2018 AND THE SENSE OF SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKEN TO THE
STREETS THERE WERE
YOUNG ONES.
>> THEY WERE THEIR PARENTS
THEIR GRANDPARENTS, EVERYBODY
MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO
GO TO SCHOOL HAVE TO GO TO THE
GROCERY STORE IN FEAR OF IN
SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S BEEN ONE
OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT
WE'VE HAD A FOCUS ON IS THE
INVOLVEMENT OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE
WE SEE IT.
>> MAJOR UP TAKING THE LEVEL OF
VOTER ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE
ISSUE GOT A
GUN REFORM. AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF OUR FOCUS
ON YOUNG PEOPLE I WOULD
A HUGE UPTICK IN THE NUMBER AND
THE OVERALL YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT
IN 2018 AT A RECORD LEVEL OF
AND INCREDIBLY HISTORIC LEVELS.
IF IT'S NOT THE HIGHEST EVER IN
2020. WHERE THE DATA STILL
COMING IN. I THINK IT'S REALLY
BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR IN AXE IS
JUST HOW HOW MANY MORE YOUNG
PEOPLE REALLY BECOME INDIGENOUS
HOW MANY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
BECOME ENGAGED IN THE SUN.
YOU KNOW THIS IS A VERY MUCH A
CLUB AT UL'S
THE GRASS IT'S A WE DON'T HAVE
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
LIKE THE NRA DOES WE JUST HAVE
OUR VOICES AND
OUR FRIENDS. ALTERNATELY I
THINK WE WILL WEEKEND WILL 6
BECAUSE WE HAVE YOU
HISTORY ON OUR SIDE I THINK
HISTORY TENDS TO SHINE BRIGHTLY
ON THE PEOPLE THAT TEND
TO VALUE PEACE AND THEIR
FRIENDS OVER GUNS, SOUTH.
>> AND DAVID IS THERE A SENSE
OF OPTIMISM THAT MEANINGFUL GUN
REFORM CAN TAKE PLACE UNDER THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
>> YOU KNOW I THINK THERE IS
THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE I THINK
A LOT OF US WHO BELIEVE THAT
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME
SERIOUS REPORT. AROUND THE
FILIBUSTER IF NOT IT THE
ABOLITION OF THE FILIBUSTER
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW
THERE
SHOULD BE SUCH RULE IN PLACE
THAT CONSIDERED THE MAJORITY
WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
WANT PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN IN
THEIR SCHOOLS AND IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES ON A DAILY BASIS
AND NOT WEAPONS
LIKE IT, THEY ARE SO I THINK
THERE IS OPTIMISM BUT THEY
STILL LIKE I SAID AN UPHILL
BATTLE THAT WE NEED TO GET
THROUGH, BUT THAT'S WHY WE NEED
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE
TO MAKE THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS
REALIZE THAT THEY REALLY SHOULD
BE WORRIED ABOUT IS IT HOW THE
INNER IS IN EFFECT THE NEXT
ELECTION. HOW GOING TO STOP
THE NEXT MASS SHOOTING BIRDS
GUN SUICIDE OR AN INTENTIONAL
SHOOTING ARE ACTIVE EVERYDAY
GUN VIOLENCE IN THEIR
COMMUNITY.
>> AND SALMON PROACTIVELY
STOPPING THAT WHAT ARE THE
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY STEPS FOR
US TO TAKE
IN EUROPE EYES THAT WE SHOULD
TAKE TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR
STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION YOU
WILL UTLEY JUST COMES DOWN TO
THE TEST THOUGH THE
RESOURCES AND OFTENTIMES WE
HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
TO WHY PEOPLE EVEN TURN TO.
IN THE
FIRST PLACE TO KEEP STUDENTS
STATE WE HAVE TO KEEP GUNS OUT
OF PEOPLE'S HANDS AND
ULTIMATELY.
WRITING ISSUE WITH THE
SMART CITY. OFTEN TIMES WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT DANGER
STUDENTS LIVES IS JUST THE
YOU KNOW THINGS THAT ARE
ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE AND IN
CASE OF MY PARTICULAR SHOOTING
THIS PERSON WAS.
SO IF THIS
PERSON HAD IT'S A PERSON IS
RESOURCES IS LIKE WHAT'S OUT
THERE WAS PERSONALLY TRYING TO
USE THINGS ARE LESS LIKELY TO
HER THIS IS JUST WHICH
YOU SO I WOULD SAY JUST THEY
ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND
COMMUNITIES ME HERE
WHICH IS TO TALK
NATIONALS THAT REALLY MAKES UP
LESS THAN 0.6% OF
THE SHOOTINGS. AMERICA SO THAT
WE CAN TALK ABOUT LIKE THE
BIGGER STATIONS LIKE
SUICIDE THIS WILL TELL YOU THAT
PROBABLY WERE ESSENTIALLY A
PROTECTIVE SUITS LIGHTS THAT
THAT'S JUST NOT ME.
>> THERE'S GREAT INSIGHTS FROM
YOU BOTH HERE ON THE DAY AND WE
CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE THE
WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE
TO DO AND CHAMPIONING GUN
SAFETY AND AND REALLY GUN
REFORM ON SO MANY DIFFERENT
LEVELS. DAVID HOGG SAM POINT AS
PARKLAND SHOOTING SURVIVORS AND