'Our leaders are failing us': Parkland survivor reacts to Georgia school shooting

Published: Sep 03, 2024 Duration: 00:04:53 Category: News & Politics

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THIS HAPPENED. ONCE AGAIN, IT HAS HAPPENED, KATY. >> TOM WINTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>> JOINING US NOW, MARCH FOR OUR LIVES COFOUNDER, AND FORMER STUDENT AT MARJORIE STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL DAVID HOGG. I'M SORRY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ALWAYS CALL YOU ABOUT. COME ON, THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING, AND IT HAPPENS SO FREQUENTLY THAT YOU HAVE BECOME WELL KNOWN TO THIS NETWORK, OUR VIEWERS, VOTERS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THERE AREN'T PEOPLE MARCHING IN THE STREETS? THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WANT GUN CONTROL OUTNUMBER THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT. BIG NUMBERS. ARE YOU SURPRISING THERE ARE NOT MARCHES IN THE STREETS AFTER SHOOTINGS LIKE THIS ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY? >> I MEAN, THERE CAN BE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN. MARCH FOR OUR LIVES, WHEN IT HAPPENED AFTER PARKLAND WAS THE LARGEST PROTEST IN AMERICAN HISTORY AT THE TIME. WE HAD 4,000 HIGH SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SOME HOME SCHOOLS WALK OUT DEMANDING ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE, AND MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE MARCHED WITH US AROUND THE COUNTRY. THIS WORK JUST TAKES A HORRIFYINGLY VOLUME AMOUNT OF TIME. IN 2018 WE THOUGHT WE COULD GO OUT THERE, YOUNG PEOPLE COULD RAISE THEIR VOICES, AND WE COULD GET REAL CHANGE. WE HAVE SOME SEEN CHANGE. CLEARLY IT'S NOT ENOUGH. AND FRANKLY, THE MOVEMENT WE HAVE BUILT IS STILL FAILING. BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I AM STILL TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE IS SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAN ANY ONE ORGANIZATION OR PERSON. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ALL OF US. EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN STANDING UP AND DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS. NOT JUST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, BUT DAILY GUN VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENS DISPROPORTIONATELY, AND BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS THAT NEVER GOT THE ATTENTION OR RESOURCES THAT PARKLAND GOT. OUR LEADERS ARE FAILING US, AND WE HAVE TO DO SO MUCH MORE. >> THAT IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT CAME OUT, THE MILLIONS OF STUDENTS, THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE SURPRISED BECAUSE I SORT OF AM, WHY THERE AREN'T MORE AMERICANS, PARENTS COMING OUT IN CITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY IN LESS OF A STRUCTURED WAY AFTER THIS HAPPENS. WE SEE THESE LARGE SCALE PROTESTS IN OTHER PLACES AGAINST THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. I KNOW WE'RE A LARGE COUNTRY, BUT GIVEN THAT WE ARE SEEING KIDS DIE SO FREQUENTLY IN SCHOOLS, WE'RE SEEING INDIVIDUALS DIE IN SUPERMARKETS ON SPLASH PADS, AT PARADES, IN BANKS, IN CHURCHES IN SYNAGOGUES AT NEW YEAR'S DAY CELEBRATIONS, I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. EVERY SINGLE PLACE YOU GO TO IN YOUR DAILY LIFE HAS NOW BEEN TOUCHED BY GUN VIOLENCE OR A MASS SHOOTING. NOT JUST THE DAILY GUN VIOLENCE OR A MASS SHOOTING. MOVIE THEATERS EVEN. GIVEN THAT, AND GIVEN THE WAY WE LIVE WITH FEAR OF GOING OUTSIDE OF OUR HOUSE, EVERY ONE OF US NOW, BECAUSE OF A PERSON WITH A GUN, ARE YOU SURPRISED THERE IS NOT MORE OF AN ORGANIC EXPLOSION OF OUTRAGE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY? >> I THINK IT'S TIME FOR MORE. I THINK THE PROBLEM IS PEOPLE BECOME NUMB. IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T CARE. IT'S THAT THIS HAPPENS SO OFTEN, AND PEOPLE START TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, PROTECTION MECHANISM, TO THINK THIS CAN'T HAPPEN IN MY COMMUNITY. PARKLAND WAS ONE OF THE SAFEST COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA, ONE OF THE SAFEST IN THE UNITED STATES, AND WE HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL SHOOTING, HAPPEN THERE. IF YOU DON'T THINK IT CAN HAM TO YOU, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN. IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY. IT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY, AND IT'S TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OLD PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO STAND UP AND STOP WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL THEM WHAT TO DO, AND START TELLING THEMSELVES WHAT TO DO. SHOW UP AT YOUR SCHOOL BOARD AND ASK, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE SAFE IN THE SCHOOL. AND SHOWING UP AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO DEMAND THEY CHANGE GUN LAWS. AFTER PARKLAND, PEOPLE SAID WE WEREN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, WE WERE A BUNCH OF STUPID KIDS AND THE LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE NEWS SAID IT'S GREAT THEY CARE BUT NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE. BUT WORK OF FRED GUTENBERG, AND MANNY

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