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3,000 students. it will help if it's a deterrent, it's good, but if the weapon is a high caliber rapid fire assault weapon, it is hard to go into a fight against that if you've got just a handgun. that's not a fair fight. so get the assault weapons out. [ cheers and applause ] >> i want to bring in -- i want to bring in robert schentrup. robert lost his sister carmen in the shooting last week. she was 16. she was a national merit semifinalist. robert's question is for congressman deutch. robert? >> congressman deutch, today would have been carmen's 17th birthday. but sadly, we are having to ce...

Around it in california, it's how they get around it in new york, is we should make sure that dangerous criminals, people who are deranged cannot buy any gun of any kind. that's 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 i'm not going to tell anybody in this room -- i'm not going to tell anybody in this room not to feel strongly or not to feel emotional. the only thing i'll tell you is when you do this you're eating up time that other people in the audience can use to ask questions. so ...

>> i wish i could have -- i wish i could have spoken -- i wished i could have asked the nra lady a question. i would ask her, how she can look in the mirror, considering the fact she has children, but maybe -- >> i'm sorry, what was that? >> i don't freaking know. >> the question is about nra money. >> number one, the position i >> number one, the position i hold on these issues is the position i held as i entered office in the city of west miami -- the answer to the question is that people buy into my agenda. and i do support the second amendment. and i also support the right of you and every...

She's a culinary arts teacher at stoneman douglas. [ cheers and applause ] for those of you at home who don't 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, i'm a registered republican. i voted for mr. trump. i still, you know, support the second amendment. however, with that being said, and with all these talks of gun control laws and everything that you guys have been saying to us about what you're going to do about it...

America, no matter how much they spend, here's why our democracy is great, because everything we've seen, from the 3,300 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. that's why the democracy can be fixed and will be fixed. [ cheers and applause ] >> i want to bring in cameron caskey, he's a junior, and he has a question for senator rubio. cameron? [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm sorry, i know i'm not supposed to do this, but i'm not going to do that. it's hard to look at you, you...