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Survivors of marjory stoneman douglas, the leadership that has been shown is leading a movement that is so much stronger than money spent in political campaigns. thats why the democracy can be fixed and will be fixed. [ cheers and applause ] >> i want to bring in cameron caskey, hes a junior, and he has a question for senator rubio. cameron? [ cheers and applause ] >> im sorry, i know im not supposed to do this, but im not going to do that. its hard to look at you, youre here and some people are...

Thats what i believe a better answer will be. >> okay. your answer speaks for itself. >> thank you, mr. guttenberg, i appreciate your time. >> the only thing im not going to tell anybody in this room -- im not going to tell anybody in this room not to feel strongly or not to feel emotional. the only thing ill tell you is when you do this youre eating up time that other people in the audience can use to ask questions. so you behave how you want to behave, but i want to make sure as many people in...

Representative of the state of florida, our governor did not come here, governor scott. but marco did. i would expand further and tell you, there are so many other things we can do, certainly mental health. certainly the question is the sheriff had brought up about putting armed deputies. but when you get right down to it, the gun is what will do the killing. ill just finally say this. im a native floridian. i grew up on a ranch. ive always had guns. ive hunted all my life. i still hunt with my ...

Have to answer that question. lets move on to the next question. >> excuse me? im a student. i should -- >> i understand that, but your question -- i thought you were going to ask senator nelson a question. your question sounds like you want to ask dana a question in the next segment. and you can do that, if you want. >> its actually fine. i had another question for you, senator nelson. so im going to have to go back to school, on to the same campus, the same building, to pick up my stuff, to re...

The way, lets be clear, mass shootings went up 200% after it expired. but if there was a problem with the way it was written, if there were too many loopholes for people to get around it, lets bring up the assault weapons ban and close all those loopholes so we have a bill that keeps people safe. [ cheers and applause ] >> thats an excellent question, gabriel, and i want to answer that one even though its not a debate. its an excellent point, its an issue i want people to understand what its all...

These events never happens again in any community in this country. if tonight is the beginning of that, we will have said this is meaningful. thats what im here to do. and thats what i hope we can achieve together. thats why im here tonight. you may not like everything i say or everything i stand for. but i want to find a way forward to solve this problem so that never again will any community have to face this, any parent have to face this, or any child, yours or mine, have to face this. a in w...

Politically and to a point where discussions like this have become very difficult. im here tonight. and im here tonight to answer any question anyone has, explain anything you want to know about what i stand for, what ive done, and what i plan to do. and to the students that are here tonight, the ones on the stage, the ones in the audience, i want you to know that im actually extremely excited about your engagement. and ill tell you why. ill tell you why. because i think you have a chance to do ...

Stoneman douglas high school. i want to bring in right now ashley kirth. shes a culinary arts teacher at stoneman douglas. [ cheers and applause ] for those of you at home who dont know, because i think everybody in this room knows, she sheltered 65 students in her classroom during the shooting. [ cheers and applause ] ashley, thank you so much. she has a question for senator rubio. >> senator rubio, im a registered republican. i voted for mr. trump. i still, you know, support the second amendme...

From purchasing a question, they didnt take a stand -- they certainly didnt support my -- but i offered it. i will do what i think is right. and if people want to support my agenda, theyre welcome to do so. but they buy into my ideas, i dont buy into theirs. >> so i knew that was going to happen. nra, please just keep the money out of rubio. if he wants to run again, you can -- >> thank you, cameron. appreciate it. stay with us, more survivors of the shooters at stoneman douglas high school stan...

But thats not -- thats not going to help you when you go back to school. all i can tell you is that we stand -- we stand with law enforcement in broward county. we stand with the administration and the teachers in your school to provide as much security, as much comfort, as much as can make you feel that youre in a safe place. but beyond that, the best way for us to show that is to take action in washington, in tallahassee, to get these weapons of war off of our streets. >> thank you, congressma...