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Crusader For Gun Control Fred Wright Shares His Story - YouTube
Channel: CBS Miami
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yes now its Fred right he is the
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legislative lead for the Miami chapter
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of moms demand action for gun sense he's
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also a survivor fellow with Everytown
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for gun safety and fred has been a
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crusader for gun control since the death
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of his son jerry in the pulse attack
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back in 2016 sir we're so sorry for your
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loss thank you for being here thank you
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very much again thank you for having us
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here so since the start of the year
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there have been 107 reported and
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verified mass shootings in this country
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what needs to happen for this violence
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to stop we need to keep the guns away
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from violent people it's not enough to
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thoughts and prayers from from our
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politicians we need to change the laws
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so that we make sure that those guns
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don't fall in the wrong hands that is
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the first thing we need to do we need to
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pass background checks for every single
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gun sale right now only the registered
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dealers are the ones that require
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background check but everywhere else in
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a gun show and and in in the internet
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private sales they do not require
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background check in this country and we
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have to pass that legislation so that we
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keep those guns away from dangerous
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people that is the first thing we need
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to do new gun laws were passed in
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Tallahassee for the first time yes aids
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the president recently announced he's
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going to issue an executive order that
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will ban bumped stocks which is the type
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of device that was used in Las Vegas how
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do you rate lawmakers both here in
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Florida and and in Washington on their
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response to these mass shootings in in
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Florida we were and I'm very thankful to
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the legislators for passing the bill 70
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26 it was a big step forward and
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happened right after Parkland and it was
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it was great that it did pass but we
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need to do more we need to do more that
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law has some really good red flag lost
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within it too that means that if
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somebody is thinking of doing something
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and he says going to be dangerous police
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can intervene and that is a really good
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the law in Florida is very good but we
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need to do the same
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thing in Texas Texas needs to have a red
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flag law and you know for mr. Trump and
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his administration we would love to see
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changes in the national flag laws and we
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definitely need background checks for
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all gun sales in the other national
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level that is the way we'll keep guns
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away from dangerous people and that's we
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were the way that we can keep keepers
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most more out secure your son Jerry grew
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up here in South Florida he did and was
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working in Orlando at Disney yes I can
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relate to that I have a daughter who
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grew up here and lives in Orlando
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after the pulse nightclub killing what
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50 people died at 49% last shooter there
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were no changes after parkland the state
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legislature did make some changes that
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part of you feel like the victims and
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pulse were sort of forgotten I don't
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think they were forgotten I think the
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the movement of the students after
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Parkland was great because they they got
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got on it you know of the families of
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polls we were one of the few that really
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got our voices out there was others as
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well but but I don't think we got our
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message across it was not that that I
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would say that the legislators and and
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the lawmakers did not give us that that
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much of an importance now after parkland
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with the students and their voices and
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they got so active people started
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listening and that was great for for the
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movement we talked about these young
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people I don't know if you saw yesterday
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at the press briefing press secretary
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Sir Huckabee Sanders actually tearing up
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when there was a young reporter a time
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children reporter asking her about my
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soldier on how to secure schools and
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then we're also talking about the
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Parkland students are these the new
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voices of change are these going to be
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that the messengers have changed these
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young people yes they are I think I
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think it's gonna be make a big
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difference they're gonna start voting
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once they become 18 to start voting and
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they're gonna make a difference they're
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gonna make a huge difference because I
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think what's what's uh what's going to
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come out loud and clear is that we need
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change and we the
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students as well as all this movement
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that we have with mum some an action and
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with every town we're getting to to
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lawmakers and we're know that we're
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going to make the change in the DISA
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lection is gonna be big big difference
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last question for you sir because we
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live in a state we live in a country
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where guns are a part of the culture in
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there yes the vast majority of gun
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owners are law-abiding citizens correct
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who are disgusted as much as anybody
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else to see these school shootings what
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do you say to those people who feel like
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the movements that you are a part of
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that the Parkland kids are a part of is
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really an effort to get rid of their
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guns to have the government take their
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guns away nobody is trying to take
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law-abiding citizens guns away from from
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them we are not we support the Second
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Amendment we support the right of
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law-abiding citizens from having having
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guns we support that but you know the
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Second Amendment comes with
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responsibility we cannot just give guns
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to people that are dangerous and that is
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what we are all about we want to reduce
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gun violence we are about gun violence
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prevention okay and so so it's for all
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body citizens this should be able to buy
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guns that is not the problem here the
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problem is that we are allowing by just
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letting the people get guns we're lying
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dangerous people to get them as well we
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need to stop that we have very little
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time but very quickly can you tell us
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about the plans this weekend for moms
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demand action holding a wear orange
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event
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thank you yes we have a wear orange
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event this Saturday June 1st tomorrow
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marks the gun violence awards day and it
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started with a movement with a Hadiya
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Pendleton when she was shot and killed
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her friends started this movement about
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we're orange and so that's that's what
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we were going to be celebrating the
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lives of the 96 people that we lose
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every single day through gun violence
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the price right thank you so much for
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sharing your story with us thank you
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