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5543 ANDREW YANG TOWN HALL CBS BABY POOL 010520 2020 Yang: school shooter drills should not be mandatory During a Q & A session at his Washington, IA town hall, Yang was asked by a high schooler what he would do to protect students from school shootings. Yang laid out his multi-pronged approach to this calling for a perpetual gun buyback, "breaking the stranglehold of the NRA," and investing more in schools and communities in part to turn boys into "strong, healthy young men" 154156 But he also repeated his opinion that it shouldn't be required for schools and communities to have shooter drills unless the parents elect to do so. 5543 ANDREW YANG TOWN HALL CBS BABY POOL 010520 2020 153930 I then looked for data to see whether active shooter drills caused stress, anxiety, confusion and problems for kids and families. And then I found a giant stack. So to me, it should not be required for schools and communities to have these drills unless the communities and the parents elect to do so. So that's number one, as a parent. We do have a gun violence epidemic in this country and we have to attack it at every level. 154001 So the obvious place to start is breaking the stranglehold of the NRA and break the back of the gun lobby and try and pass common sense gun safety laws that the vast majority of Americans agree with. Right now, when there's a mass shooting in this country, gun makers make more money because gun owners run out and buy more firearms because they're afraid that we might get our acts together and pass gun safety laws. 5543 ANDREW YANG TOWN HALL CBS BABY POOL 010520 2020 GAGGLE [15:44:57] We have to do all we can to reduce carbon emissions over time. I proposed putting a price on emissions so that producers wouldn't be able to get rewarded for reducing emissions and becoming more efficient in that way. Certainly there are many agricultural businesses that have an impact on the environment and I would like to work with them to make their operations more sustainable though to me. [15:45:26] There are many other, more prominent, more direct causes of climate change that we should be focusing on, primarily the fact that we're subsidizing the fossil fuel industry to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. And we need to take those resources and put them towards wind, solar and other sustainable energy sources. Environmental. Why? Would you recommend to me? It's not the case that my climate change plan focuses on relocating people. It focuses on making our communities more resilient and more prepared for climate change. [15:46:17] So job number one is to make those investments that would help make our people in our towns safer and more secure, like seawalls, levees, in some cases, elevating structures, having the resources in place ahead of time can actually save us money because it's much more efficient to prevent a disaster than clean up after it, after the fact. In some rare and extreme cases, we should look to move people. But that's not the first move. The first move is to make our communities more prepared for climate change. [15:46:53] That is fantastic. Well, that's exactly why he's saying migration is the first move is not the right approach. What do you have to do is put resources to place protecting our communities. And when a disaster does strike, helping rebuild so that towns and families aren't left on their own to fend for themselves after the flood or the storm or the wildfire. Two more guys could be country together. [15:47:31] One poll showed that I was attracting 10 percent of Trump voters higher than just about any other Democratic candidate. Another survey said that 18 percent of college Republicans would choose me over Donald Trump. I'm already attracting thousands of disaffected Trump voters as well as independents and libertarians. In addition to Democrats and progressives, I believe I am the strongest candidate to beat Donald Trump in the general election for that reason. [15:48:00] People can sense that I'm not ideological. I just want to implement solutions that will improve our way of life. And I think Americans are very hungry for a new approach to both governance and politics. Guys, I'm not calling you today to the CBS poll found that you were registering at 3 percent or below. Is there anything that you can do to change your standing in the race? [15:48:23] We're really excited for more polls to come out in the early states. We don't think that poll is indicative of the crowds we're seeing on the energy that's rising all the time in the early states. We're excited for some more data points to come out because we believe they'll show that we're growing very quickly. What's your feeling on the soul of mind going? [15:48:49] The attack that killed solar money was a grievous mistake on the part of the president. We should not have been in that position and we certainly should not have taken such a disproportionate action that has elevated tensions and may even lead to armed conflict with Iran. Seventy eight percent of Americans want nothing to do with a war with Iran. Our Constitution says it's in the hands of Congress to declare war. [15:49:16] That's where the power should rest. We need to repeal the EU IMF that has ceded Congress's historic authority to the executive branch over the last 19 years and end the forever wars. Thank you, guys. REMARKS 5543 ANDREW YANG TOWN HALL CBS BABY POOL 010520 2.Sub.03.wav [15:11:03] On Amazon soaking up 20 billion dollars in business every single year, causing 30 percent of our stores and malls to close. Most common job in our communities is retail point average retail clerks, the 39 year old woman making between eight and ten dollars an hour. What is her next move going to be when the store closes? [15:11:24] How much should Amazon pay in taxes last year? Zero less than everyone here today. So that's the math. I owe 20 billion out 30 percent of stories close. You get zero back. [15:11:35] It's not just the changes we can see in our retail stores or the self-service kiosks at the CBS and the grocery stores and the fast food restaurants. When you all call the customer service line of a big company and you get the software or bot, I'm sure you do the same thing I do, which is you pounds 0 0 0. [15:11:53] He will kill you and then you get some on the line. [15:12:00] Hand if that's what you do. Yeah. Yeah, me too. We all do it because that software is terrible. [15:12:05] But in two or three short years, the software is going to sound like this. Hey Andrew, how's it going? What can I do for you? [15:12:12] It'll be fast, seamless, delightful. Little bit sexy, perhaps. [15:12:18] What is that going to mean for the two and a half million Americans who work at call centers right now making 14 hours an hour and the rubber really hits the road when the robot highways are working in earnest? How many of you all know a truck driver here in Iowa? The most common job in twenty nine states. Three and a half million truckers. My friends in California are working on trucks that can drive themselves. They say they're 90 percent of the way there. [15:12:44] A robot truck just transported 20 tons of butter from California to Pennsylvania two weeks ago with no human intervention. Why butter? I have no idea. [15:12:56] You Googled robot butter truck. [15:12:59] Hands up. What is this going to mean for the three and a half million truckers or the 7 million Americans who work at truck stops, motels and diners that rely upon the truckers getting out and having a meal? I've been to Iowa, EDI and Davenport. They say five thousand people stop there every day. What is that number going to be when the trucks don't have drivers? We're in the midst of the greatest economic transformation in our country's history. What experts are calling the fourth industrial revolution. When's the last time you heard a politician say a fourth industrial revolution? [15:13:32] It's a case the first three seconds ago, barely a politician. [15:13:39] So these were the facts and figures I was unpacking after Trump won. I said, oh, my gosh, here I am, Mr. Entrepreneur, honored by the Obama administration multiple times. So I got to bring everything to meet the president. Her parents were very excited about me that week. Could. So imagine being that person who's getting accolades and awards for helping create jobs around the country and realizing your work is like pouring water into a bathtub that has a giant hole ripped in the bottom. The water is rushing out faster and faster. [15:14:12] That's why Trump won Iowa by eight points. This is a purple state. You look around being like, what the heck is going on? And unfortunately, the hole is getting bigger and bigger and the water is going to rush out faster and faster. So I went to our leaders in D.C. and I said, what are we going to do to help our people manage this transition? Immigrants are being scapegoated for something immigrants have next to nothing to do with. And people are turning against each other. What are we going to do to help our people? [15:14:42] And what do you think the folks in these said to me when I asked, what are we going to do about it? All right. Number one, we cannot talk about this, Andrew. Number two, we should study this further. Number three, we must educate and retrain all Americans for the jobs of the future. How many of you heard a politician say something that I said? Look, I checked out the studies. You want to all want to guess how effective the government funded retraining programs. Back it up. [15:15:13] It's like we laugh because we know they don't work. The studies say zero to 15 percent effectiveness. Half of those workers never work again. And of that group have filed for disability. You then saw surges in suicides and drug overdoses to the point where America's life expectancy has now declined for the last three years in a row. You know the last time that happened in America? Yes, that's right. The Spanish flu of 1918. [15:15:42] A global pandemic that killed millions around the world. That's how far you have to go back to find a time when American life expectancy declined for three years in a row. It's highly unusual for life expectancy to ever decline in a developed country. We get stronger, richer, healthier, ordinarily just creeps up, but not in the US. It's gone down and down and then down again. So what I said to the folks in D.C., they said, well, I guess we'll get better at retraining them. And then they went back to their lunch. [15:16:10] One person in D.C. said something that brought me here to you all today. He said, Andrew, you're in the wrong town. No one here is going to do anything about this, because fundamentally, this is the town of followers, not leaders. And the only way we would do anything about it is if you were to create a wave in other parts of the country and bring that wave crashing down on our heads. [15:16:32] And I'm so glad I had someone with me, because you think I was making that up, right? It sounds like a movie supervillain speech. Turns out it was a D.C. lobbyist speech, brothers. But I've heard this and I said challenge accepted. I will be back in two years with the wave. And that was two years ago. [15:16:52] Washington was campaigning here and Iowa because you are among the most powerful people in our country today. I know it doesn't feel like it. You're just living your lives. But I've done the math. Do you know how many Californians each of you is worth? 1000 each. What's the fire code here, Larry? [15:17:28] I'm going to give you an estimate. There are 500 people here in this. [15:17:43] So let's say the fire codes. [15:17:45] Seventy five. All right, look, there is seventy five people here today that would still be two football stadiums like Californians. That is the power you all have to shape the future of this country. It's a power that the rest of the country can only admire from afar. Most of our fellow Americans look up and they see the government as a series of pipes that are clogged, full of money, clogged fellow lobbyist cash. [15:18:10] And they say there is nothing they can do to change it. They are right. There is nothing they can do to change it. That is your power and your power alone to flush the pipes clean. That is the power you have in the next 29 days to help rewrite the rules of the 21st century economy. To work for us, to work for you, to work for our families, to work for our people. Now, I know that's a lot of responsibility. Jeff Bezos is worth one hundred fifteen billion dollars today. Post divorce. [15:18:44] Now that Joseph and his sons to decide, do we think it's appropriate that his trillion dollar tech company pays zero in taxes less than everyone here today? Oh, I'm going to say it's against you all that's on the Amazon's fault. It's their job to pay as little in taxes as possible. It is our fault that we let it happen, and it is your power to keep it from happening after I am president. [15:19:10] So what is rewriting the rules look like in real life? If you are here today, you heard at some point that there's a man running for president who wants to give everyone 1000 dollars a month for the first time. You've heard that the first time you heard that you were like, that's a gimmick. That will never happen. That's too good to be true. I was just as Kyle here. I was just with with one of the recipients of the freedom dividend. You get this. [15:19:37] We've been giving a thousand dollars a month to families around the country for the last number of months. This is not a new idea and it's not my idea. Thomas Paine was formed at the founding of the country. He called it the citizen's dividend for all Americans. Martin Luther King, whose son I had the privilege of meeting with in Atlanta, said that this is what he was fighting for when his father was killed in 1968, guaranteed minimum income for all Americans. We celebrate Dr. King's birthday every year. [15:20:08] And what what comes up on our TV screen? I have a dream speech, right? You know, it doesn't say every American should have a guaranteed minimum income, but that is what he was fighting for when he was killed. A thousand economists endorse this in the 1960s, including Milton Friedman, the patron saint of much of modern day economics. It was so mainstream that it passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971 under Nixon for the family assistance plan would have guaranteed every family a certain income level. And then eleven years later, one state passed a dividend. Now everyone in that state gets between one and two thousand dollars a year. No questions asked. [15:20:48] And what state is that and how does Alaska pay for it? And what is the oil of the 21st century? [15:20:57] Data technology, A.I. software, self-driving cars and trucks. A study just came out that said that our data is now worth more than oil. How many of you saw that study? How many of you got your data check in the mail? [15:21:13] So if our data is now worth tens of billions of dollars, where's all the money going? [15:21:20] It's going to Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple and the mega tech company. They're paying zero or near zero in taxes. You see the game, Iowa, our communities are getting sucked dry, particularly rural areas. And then the biggest winners of the modern day economy are paying nothing back into the system. Nothing back into our society. [15:21:40] So this freedom dividend is incredibly easy to afford and pay for. As long as we get our tiny fair share of every Amazon sale, every Google search, every Facebook and eventually every robot truck model. And I work on it. We put that money into your hands. We build a trickle up economy from our people, our families and our communities up, particularly because the money doesn't disappear when it's in your hands. How will you spend it in real life when you have it? [15:22:11] Medical groceries, groceries, student loans, a night out. [15:22:22] Oh, my. [15:22:24] My one complaint. And I hear the food is delicious. I was told I need to. Yeah. And of course, I don't have to partake. I totally would. How much of the money would stay right here in your. Here in Iowa. Most of it, not all of it. [15:22:40] You might get your own Netflix password, but most of it would stay right here, would go to car repairs, you would putting off and little league sign ups and daycare expenses and local nonprofits and religious organizations. It would supercharge your local economy in ways that actually reflect your values and our needs as people right now in this country. We have record high corporate profits also at record highs, stress, financial insecurity, mental illness, even suicides and drug overdoses. [15:23:18] If your corporate profits are going up and your life expectancy is going down, which do you care about? We know which one do you see cares about. And it's time to change that. It's time to line it up instead of measuring ourselves by GDP, which even the adventure one hundred years ago said, this is a terrible measurement for national well-being and we should never use it as that. And here we are a hundred years later, falling it off a cliff. Robot trucks will be great for GDP and corporate profits. They'll be terrible for many Americans. [15:23:50] So what we have to do is stop measuring our economy through this capital efficiency and instead measure it by our health and wellness. Mental health and the freedom from substance abuse. Proportion of Americans who can retire in quality circumstances. Childhood success rates. Clean air and clean water. As our president. It will be my privilege to say to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Hey, GDP, a hundred years old, really out of date, kind of useless. And we're not going to use this scorecard that tells us how we are doing. And I'll report to you what the real numbers are. Every year at the State of the Union. [15:24:34] Every president has a PowerPoint deck at the State of the Union. [15:24:41] I know firsthand how messed up our economic measurements are because how much is the work that everyone does every day with our two boys, one of whom is autistic? [15:24:52] Included in our economic measurements at the end of every day, every month, every year, zero. And we know that's nonsense. We know the work she's doing is among the most challenging and important work that anyone will ever do. And it's not just evolution and stay at home parents around the country. It's caregivers who are taking care of aging loved ones. It's nurturers, it's volunteers, it's coaches, it's mentors. [15:25:20] It's artists. Increasingly, because you can see that art is getting zeroed out in various ways. It's local journalism. Over 2000 local newspapers have gone out of business in the last number of years because all the advertising revenue went up to the Internet. And now we have thousands of communities that are local news deserts. You know, it doesn't function as well when you don't have local news. Democracy is how the heck are you? Can you make informed decisions about what's going on in your community if there's no local paper? [15:25:50] These are the things that we claim to value most highly in our lives. And yet the market is hearing them out one by one. That is what you all have to change in twenty nine days. And when I talked to Avalon about this campaign two years ago, she asked how the heck could an idea that was so mainstream 50 years ago seem so far out and require the futurist Asian man to champion now in 2020? And I said to her that somewhere over the last 50 years, our country has been collectively brainwashed to confuse economic value and human value. That what the market says we are worth is what we are worth. [15:26:37] If the market says your value less than you have no value, that's how you have otherwise very good people saying that hundreds of thousands of coal miners should learn how to code, even though that makes no sense at all. The only reason why you would say that is if you thought that market value and human value were the same things, and you said, well, if the market thinks you have no value anymore, then we have to turn you into something that does. And if we can't do that, then you're out of luck. [15:27:10] That is what we have to change together. Washington because if we keep up on this race, we are all going to lose in an in a catastrophic way. And it's going to be even worse for our kids right now. If you were born. Well, not right now, but if you were born in the 1940s in the United States of America. [15:27:32] First, congratulations. That's pretty good already. It's like, yeah, it's already a pretty good run. But if you were born in the 1940s, there was a ninety three percent chance you're gonna be better off than your parents were. That's the American dream that brought my family here and Evelyn's family here. If you were born in the 1990s or down to a 50/50 shot, that is and it's declining quick. That's why. [15:27:56] How many of you all are parents like me and everyone? That's why we have this sinking feeling that our kids are going to inherit a much less stable, secure future than the lives we have left. It's because we are right. They are inheriting a much less stable and secure future. This is what we have to change. We have to say the market does not know how much we are worth. We have intrinsic value as Americans and as human beings. [15:28:25] That is the vision that you can take to the rest of the country and make real in twenty nine short days. We can assert our own. Power to retake our own government, and I hate to say it like that because it sounds it sounds a little bit reminiscent of some other figures who run her office over the last number of years. But the truth is that the United States capital, Washington, D.C., is somehow now the richest city in our country. [15:28:58] What do they produce? Whatever they produce, business is good. That's a little too good. Iowa. We have to get a hold of the government and let them know it's still ours. It's still our country. We need you to caucus for this vision in 29 days. Donald Trump is our president today because he had a very, very simple message. You said he was gonna make America great again. What did Hillary Clinton say in response? [15:29:33] America already is great. I know it's been a long three years, but it is about to end. [15:29:42] That response did not work because the problems are real. We have to acknowledge the depth and reality and severity of the problems in our communities. But then we need real solutions that will help move the country forward. What were Donald Trump's solutions up? Build a wall, turn the clock backwards, bring the old jobs back. [15:30:07] You all know we have to do the opposite of these things. We have to turn the clock forward. We have to accelerate our economy and society to rise to the real challenges of the 21st century. We have to evolve in the way we think about ourselves and our work and our values. I am the ideal candidate for this job because the opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math. [15:30:38] But math is an acronym and what does it stand for America? [15:30:43] Think harder. That's right. That is your job in twenty nine days. It is up to you to take this country not left, not right, but Ford. And I know that's exactly what you're going to do. Thank you all so much. We don't know for certain that people feel that come. Q and A [15:31:09] Now, I actually get some time for some questions, which makes you very happy. So, miss. Yeah. Please do all you possibly. [15:31:22] I drive. And I know you like math and science and engineering. I was a teacher for 20 years. One of my children studied math in college one day engineering. [15:31:35] But I'm also an atheist voter and I think secular humanists will really respond to this slogan here. I'm happy about that. My question for today is, as president, what specifically will you do to strengthen science education, including evolution in our public schools? [15:31:57] Well, first, let's give a round of applause for all. [15:32:05] Know eighth grade through college. Wow. A lot of grade level. [15:32:17] My parents met as graduate students at UC Berkeley in the 60s. My father got his Ph.D. in physics and generated sixty nine U.S. patents over his career for G.E. and IBM. When I was a kid growing up, I thought everyone's dad had a Ph.D. so I'd be like, what's your dad's big deal? [15:32:34] I learned the hard way. That wasn't true. But here's what. [15:32:40] So I learned that one pretty quickly, and then when I got old enough to learn what a patent was, I was like, my dad makes patents. That sounds incredible. So then I went to him and I said, Hey, Dad, how much do you get paid when you generate a pen? And I was like to be a lot because parents aren't really important. And then he said, maybe two hundred dollars. And then I said, that doesn't seem like very much. And then he said, well, I also get a salary so I can feed, housing, clothe you and your brother. And I was like, oh, is that how this works? So I say this because have a very deep love of math. [15:33:10] Science. My family is all academics. My father, uncle, grandfather and brother are all professors. I'm the kind of educational black sheep of the family. Honestly, they were like, well, you know, like, where's your. So. So we have to do everything we can to strengthen math, science and education across the board. So I'm going to speak at first a K through 12 education. Number one, we need to pay teachers more. No more. And I think of all the things that's in the data. [15:33:46] A good teacher is worth his or her weight in gold in terms of improved educational outcomes over the course of the kids lives. Number two, we need to get more teachers into schools and not have it so that you have this this 25 or 30 student teacher ratio. Number three, we need to lighten up on the standardized tests. You know that we invented the S.A.T. during World War 2 as a means to identify which kids we did not want to send to the front line. How dark is that? And now we treat our kids like every year more time. [15:34:18] It's distorting teacher behavior. We need to pay teachers more than teachers do what they think is right for our kids. Specifically in STEM fields, we should be investing much more in trying to help kids learn science, technology, engineering, math, and I would throw an A in there, which is arts, right? And I'm friendly with a guy named Dean came in. You might have heard of. Who invented the Segway, which is easy. A lot of other stuff that is say. But he also sponsored these national robotics competitions. [15:34:55] That's where the high school level and his thought process was that we should have the same attitude towards roboticists and inventors that we do towards pro athletes. So he gets them together and then he hasn't compete against each other and he films the whole thing. And so that kind of elevation of STEM field is what I would love to make happen. [15:35:16] As president, I have to say, having a guy with a math lapel pin who becomes president, I believe that I can help elevate rational thinking and solutions and data orientation in the public sphere at a very high level. Yes. [15:35:35] Yes. Yes. The question is how to address the HIV epidemic. [15:35:46] We have to do more, particularly because there are certain populations that are much more adversely affected by the HIV epidemic. And the HIV epidemic, as we all know, has been hand in hand with the substance abuse epidemic in many of our communities. Eight Americans are dying of drug overdoses every hour and in our country. [15:36:08] And that's not an accident or unfortunately, it's a disease of hyper capitalism run amok because certain drug companies profited to the tune of tens of billions of dollars and turn hundreds of thousands of our family members, friends and relatives into people who were struggling with substance abuse because the government was so negligent and delinquent in terms of the spreading of the substance abuse problem. Then we should own it and say, look, we're going to put the resources to work in our communities to help people get strong and healthy. [15:36:39] And that even includes decriminalizing the use of certain drugs if it's because you're an addict. If you're selling, you go to jail. But if you get caught with drugs on a personal level, then we refer you to counseling and treatment instead of a prison cell. And I believe that in part because of a high school senior here in Iowa who said to me that his classmates have fentanyl patches on their arms because they're already struggling with addiction. And what can we do to help them? And he said they would never go for help because that's no legal. [15:37:10] And so I said, well, we have to make sure those kids get the help that they need. So, number one, we have to invest in counseling and treatment for people who are struggling with drug drug abuse. And then for the HIV population, we should be subsidizing at the highest levels medication that would help keep the keep it under control, because the advances in those medications have actually been very, very significant in the last number of years. This is one reason why we need a universal health care system and we can get people at the drugs and treatments they need. [15:37:42] One of the biggest frustrations I have with the conversation around health care is that people talk about like, how are we going to pay for it? How are we going to pay for it? You will know we are already paying for it. We're paying for it in so many ways. We're paying for it by the fact that it's the number one cause of bankruptcy. We're paying for it because people are having to make terrible choices between whether they can afford prescription drugs or heating oil or food. [15:38:10] We're paying for it because it keeps us all from being able to switch jobs or much less start a business. So hard to start a business in part because of the health care system. The health care system is not designed to make us stronger and healthier. It's designed to make drug companies, insurance companies and device companies tons of money. So that's all we have to change. And if we change that, then we can get proper treatment to people who are struggling with HIV in a way that actually ensures a better result and better public health outcomes as opposed to right now leaving everyone on their own. [15:38:49] What are your thoughts? Well well, I'm sure you've been through many first time as a high school student. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS 153900 Q>> What are you going to do protect us from school shootings? YANG>> Evelyn and I got a letter from our son Damien's school saying that they're going to have an active shooter drill, a number of weeks ago. Damien is four years old. So I've looked at the studies. I tried to find any data that showed that active shooter drills saved lives. I could find nothing. 153930 I then looked for data to see whether active shooter drills caused stress, anxiety, confusion and problems for kids and families. And then I found a giant stack. So to me, it should not be required for schools and communities to have these drills unless the communities and the parents elect to do so. So that's number one, as a parent. We do have a gun violence epidemic in this country and we have to attack it at every level. 154001 So the obvious place to start is breaking the stranglehold of the NRA and break the back of the gun lobby and try and pass common sense gun safety laws that the vast majority of Americans agree with. Right now, when there's a mass shooting in this country, gun makers make more money because gun owners run out and buy more firearms because they're afraid that we might get our acts together and pass gun safety laws. 154034 That's a very messed up set of incentives. Because if your gun manufacturer, you're actually suppressing things that might make your gun safer. I would fine gun manufacturers every time their product is used in a crime that kills an American. And then you would change incentives for these gun manufacturers very quickly. That's a very big move. But we have to try and attack this at every level. 154059 I would have a perpetual gun buyback in effect so that anyone who wanted to sell their gun could sell it to the government, try and decrease the supply over time. I would also offer a complimentary upgrade to a signature gun that only the owner can fire because of the size of their hand and the palm print -- like a James Bond gun, essentially. And many gun owners are parents, so they would like it and it would be safer. So if their kid gets a hold of it, then it's not lethal anymore. 154128 The guns are the place to start, but if you look at the chain of events that leads to gun violence, almost two thirds of gun deaths are suicides. We all know if we had a self-destruct button on our, on our bodies, we would have pressed it at some point because of a moment of guilt or shame or humiliation. And then the moment passes and we're like, "oh, you know, this -- sure glad I don't have a self-destruct button." 154156 Gun owners, unfortunately, sometimes make a tragic, irrevocable choice that they would have regretted a moment later. And it changes their families and changes their lives, ends their life and changes their family's lives forever. So it's not just the guns themselves. We should be looking at making our families stronger, our schools stronger. And we have a special needs son. If you look at the numbers, over 96 percent of the shooters are boys and young men. And there is a problem in this country turning boys into strong, healthy young men. 154233 And that's one of the main causes of gun violence. It's one reason why we need to invest much more in our schools and in our communities. We have to attack the gun violence epidemic at every stage, starting with the guns, but also digging deep into our communities to see how we can make our people stronger. ##