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So i just wanted to do something. and i had -- it's such a huge problem, but i can do one thing. i can take this one gun out of commission and destroy one gun. >> did you ever shoot the ar back when you had it? >> no, i never shot the ar. >> did he tell but shooting it? >> it just his friends, they have fun shooting them, they enjoy shooting them. >> i shot one on a range once and, i mean, you cannot believe the amount of deadly force inside that thing. and then i guess it depends on your reaction. i was working on a story about guns and gun control. we shot it and i just thought that's an awf...

Powerful. they're 17 and 18 years old and they're your heros. if you disagree with them, i heard a lot today there's a possibility that you're scared of them and that either way is power. and i talked to a bunch of people out there volunteering to get kids, young people who are about to be 18, about to be 18, encouraging them to register to vote. i asked did you get a lot to register? we did but more surprising was how many people we went up to and they said we already have registered because of this. >> and it's fine, that's the process. you figure what grows out of what has moved a lot of pe...

Being voters. some of them will be voters this year but others within the next cup canal of years and certainly a lot of politicians were watching. none of them on that stage today. but what is your message to the politicians who this demonstration was trying to reach today? >> that if you don't change what you want and everybody else wants, we're going to vote you out. >> and what they've always been relying on is that these newly registered voters are the voters who very frequently don't show up in the polls. do you feel a change in that now? >> 100%. after krv rr seen ti've seen th of young...

Many of my friends owned guns back then and i just thought it was normal, thought it was a normal part of life. i moved up to the northeast and a lot of my more conservative friends would tell me how fine it was. at that time i didn't know the issue until i was under gun fire. that's the moment that i woke up. this is not acceptable. change needs to happen. it wasn't an issue for me and now it's the only issue for me. >> well, i'm hopeful and optimistic but cautiously optimistic because, like you say, people, politicians put the spin on it, say the right words, get elected and do nothing. and ...

Anyone to just have in their hands at any time. >> yeah. he didn't ask me about it. he bought it and brought it home and i was not happy about it. we argued about it quite a bit. >> but that's what happens, right? you have family discussions about things. >> yes, you do. >> when you talk to voters about this, is this going to be your number one issue is gun control or one among many? >> it's one among many, my main one as an educator for 30 years is public education. that was my catalyst to run for office when betsy devos was confirmed as secretary of education. she's completely unqualified to...