>> BEFORE THE TRAGIC SHOOTING IN ORLANDO THERE WAS ANOTHER
TRAGIC SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A SINGER BY THE
NAME OF CHRISTINA GRIMMIE ñ SHE WAS
SHOT AT HER OWN PERFORMANCE AFTERWARDS.
SHE
WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD.
HER BROTHER TACKLED HIM, AND WHILE DOING SO THE SHOOTER
SHOT HIMSELF.
I WISH HE WOULD'VE JUST DONE THAT INSTEAD OF CLAIMED THE
LIFE OF AN INNOCENT PERSON LIKE CHRISTINA.
THAT HAPPENED IN ORLANDO PRIOR TO THE ORLANDO SHOOTING AT
POLLS THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF 49 INDIVIDUALS.
>> IT'S AN AWFUL TRAGEDY THAT HITS CLOSE TO HOME.
WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF INTERVIEWING HER ON POP TRIGGER.
I MET HER AT IHEART RADIO LAST YEAR.
SHE STOPPED, SHE WAS SO NICE AND
SO HUMBLE.SHE WAS A FANTASTIC
SINGER, YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HER VOICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SHE REALLY DID STAND FOR HOW BEAUTIFUL THE WORLD CAN BE,
AND SOMETHING THAT HAS DARKNESS IN HIS SOUL TOOK THAT AWAY
FROM HER.
HE PROBABLY PREVENTED A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DYING ñ
HER BROTHER.
I WAS DOING SOUL-SEARCHING ABOUT HOW I ACTUALLY MET THIS PERSON.
ON THE DEADLIEST WEEKEND THAT THE US HAS FACED, IT IS
SIMILAR TO EVERYTHING WE SEE.
IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY SEE IN THE NEWS.
YOU ARE SCARED EVERY TIME YOU SEE THIS HASHTAG THAT IS
TRENDING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE TO HOME IT WILL BE.
YOU HAVE A THREAT IN ORLANDO, IN WEST HOLLYWOOD?
>>AT UCLA.
THESE SHOOTINGS SHOULD CLOSE TO HOME FOR EVERYONE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SAFE YOU FEEL, IT COULD BE ANYONE AT
ANY TIME.
A STORY LIKE THIS NOT ONLY INFURIATES ME, THIS GUY HAD
ACCESS TO TWO HANDGUNS THAT HE BROUGHT TO SHOOT AND KILL
CHRISTINA GRIMMIE.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO KEEP TO MYSELF AND JUST DO MY SHOW,
SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY, GO HOME AND NOT TRUST ANYTHING OR
ANYONE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE GUN
LAWS WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
>> I AGREE WITH WHAT BOTH OF YOU ARE SAYING.
I NEVER MET HER BUT I FELT LIKE I KNEW HER BECAUSE I
FOLLOWED HER ON HER YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
SHE HAD THIS VERY GREAT YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
I WOULD URGE YOU TO CHECK OUT HER CHANNEL BECAUSE HER
LIGHT TRULY DOES SHINE THROUGH EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN
LISTENING TO.
SHE WAS PUTTING OUT THESE BEAUTIFUL COVERS OF SONGS
THAT WERE SO PERSONAL AND POIGNANT.
THEN SHE GOT PICKED UP ON THE VOICE AND AMERICA FELL IN
LOVE WITH HER.
I AM A BIG SELENA GOMEZ FAN, SHE OPENED FOR SELENA GOMEZ.
CHRISTINA WAS A BIG PART OF MY CONSCIOUSNESS.
I WILL NEVER FORGET WHEN MY FRIEND WHO WORKS FOR HER
PUBLICIST GAVE ME A CALL AND SAID SHE WAS FREAKING OUT
RIGHT NOW.
OF COURSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A GUY.
SHE TOLD ME CHRISTINA HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED.
SHIT, I WOULD SAY IS THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HER NAME YET ñ
MAYBE IT'S A GENERATIONAL THING, PLEASE CHECK OUT HER
YOUTUBE CHANNEL BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO HONOR HER.
HER VOICE IS AMAZING, HER TALENT WAS TRULY ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME.
PLEASE CHECK THAT OUT.
>> I WANT TO CUT TO A VIDEO OF POP TRIGGER THAT IN THIS
VIDEO BRETT EHRLICH TALKS ABOUT CHRISTINA.
SHE WAS ON POP TRIGGER.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO CHECK ON HER APPEARANCE AS YOU CAN GO TO
YOUTUBE.COM/POPCULTURED.
IS WORTH GOING TO THE VIDEO.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW HER VERY WELL, BUT SHE WAS HERE ONCE.[
VIDEO BUFFERING] SHE HAD REAL PLANS WITH WHAT TO DO
TOMORROW AND SHE CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
YOU CAN GO BACK ALONG HER SOCIAL MEDIA.
SHE WAS SO POSITIVE.
NOW SHE IS GONE.
>> THIS REINSTATES THAT YOU ARE NOT SAFE, YOUR KIDS ARE NOT
SAFE GOING TO SCHOOL, YOU'RE NOT SAFE GOING TO A MOVIE
THEATER, YOU ARE NOT SAFE GOING TO A CLUB.
YOU ARE NOT SAFE DOING ANYTHING THAT MAKES LIFE ENJOYABLE.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS SAFE?
THE SECOND AMENDMENT.
>> IT IS THE SAFEST THING IN AMERICA.
>> WHY?
BECAUSE AS LONG AS POLITICIANS STAND BY THE NRA OR ANY
OTHER ASSOCIATION, I WOULD SAY ñ THERE POCKETS REMAIN LINED.
THEY DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE BLOOD THAT IS SHED.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE.
EACH TIME A TRAGEDY STRIKES HIM, THERE IS ONE OBVIOUS CONNECTION.
THE HARSH REALITY IS THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTIONALLY
GIVES THESE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO GO AND PERFORM THOSE
ACTIONS, MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
IT IS ALMOST HARD TO GET IT OUT ñ IT IS SO FRUSTRATING.
I MOVED HERE AND I HAVE TO CONSISTENTLY LOOK AT TEXT
MESSAGES FROM THEM.
THEY ARE PETRIFIED OF SENDING THEIR KID TO A COUNTRY
WHICH EMBRACES DREAMS AND HAS SO MUCH GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT ONE
MAIN PROBLEM REMAINS, IT IS A MEDIEVAL RULE THAT STAYS
WITHIN THIS COUNTRY AND IT CONSISTENTLY COMES BACK.
EVERYONE WILL MAKE EXCUSES ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING TO PROTECT
EACH OTHER.
>>
IS ONE THING TO HAVE LAWMAKERS THAT ARE GETTING FUNDED BY
THE NRA TO CONTINUOUSLY PUSH FOR LAX ON LAWS.
BUT IT IS ANOTHER THING TO HAVE AMERICANS FIGHT FOR THE GUN
LAWS WE HAVE TODAY WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THE NRA IS PAID
BY WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS TO PUSH THIS PROPAGANDA.
THEY KNOW THE NRA FUNDS POLITICIANS TO SPREAD
PARANOIA AND FEAR MONGERING THAT YOU SEE IN THE MEDIA.
THAT TYPE OF PARANOIA IS WHAT FUELS THE SEA OF GUNS WE
ARE LIVING IN TODAY.
AMERICANS ARE SHEEP.
WHEN YOU REGURGITATE THE TALKING POINTS OF AN ORGANIZATION
THAT IS GETTING FUNDED AND GETTING RICH BY WEAPONS
MANUFACTURERS, YOU ARE SHEEP.
IF YOU CONTINUOUSLY FIGHT FOR THESE LACK OF LAWS THAT
LEAD TO INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE THIS SWEET WOMAN BEING SHOT
AND KILLED, THE TYPES OF LAWS THAT LEAD TO 49
PEOPLE GETTING SHOT AND KILLED IN A SINGLE CLUB, YOU ARE SHEEP.
IF YOU LIKE GUNS BECAUSE HE LIKE TO GO AND SHOOT IT AS YOUR
HOBBY, OR IF YOU ARE A PARANOID CRAZY PERSON WHO THINKS YOU
NEED TO PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR OBSESSION WITH GUNS IS
LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE LIKE THIS.
I'M SUPPOSED TO SIT HERE AND BE LEVELHEADED AND CALM ABOUT
STORIES LIKE THIS, BUT IT IS HARD.
>> ANA, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT.
IF YOU ARE REGURGITATING THAT THEN YOU ARE PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
THE PEOPLE ñ WHEN YOU REGURGITATING THOSE ñ
YOU ARE NOT RAMBO, YOU LOOK STUPID AND YOU ARE SHEEP.
IS HARD NOT TO GET UPSET.
I HEAR YOU.
IT'S HARD NOT TO GET TO A BOILING POINT.
THIS GIRL IS 22 YEARS OLD SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR HER FANS.
SHE WENT ON SNAPCHAT TELLING HER FANS TO COME MEET UP WITH
HER BECAUSE SHE TRUSTED.
BUT APPARENTLY WE CANNOT HAVE ANY.
>> I'M SORRY, I AM NOT INTERESTED IN FAN MEET UPS.
I LOVE OUR FANS, BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT OPENS YOU UP TO.
ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE WE ARE LIVING IN NOW.
>> I GO BACK TO THE FACT THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING
ON TWO SIDES.
GUNS ARE FEARED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
WE ARE ALERT TO THE FACT THAT THAT IS NOT NORMAL.
BUT IN THE UNITED STATES HE CAN HAVE THAT.
I AM OR AGAINST HIS RIGHTS IF I ASK WHY YOU HAVE THAT WEAPON.
WHEREAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE FACT IS THAT IF YOU SEE
A GUN ñ WE DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR THEM.
WE ARE NOT SWIMMING IN A SEA OF WEAPONS.
IF WE HAPPEN TO SEE A WEAPON MAYBE WE WILL BE MORE ALERT
TO IT.
>> ALSO, NO ONE IS WILLING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION REALLY SAYS.
ARE WE GIVING GUNS ñ WHEN WE GIVE GUNS TO PEOPLE THAT
ARE ON A TERRORIST WATCHLIST IS A WELL REGULATED MILITIA?
ARE THEY CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED TO OWN GUNS?
IT'S JUST FUCKING RIDICULOUS.
WE HAVE ALLOWED THE NRA TO INTERPRET THE CONSTITUTION
FOR US.
THEY DO SO BY FINDING POLITICIANS AND FUELING
THESE RIDICULOUS GUN LAWS.
THAT IS THE REALITY.
IF YOU LIKE SHOOTING YOUR GUN, AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD,
THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO THAT.
THE CONSEQUENCES ARE LOST INNOCENT LIVES.
I KNOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A BIG BOY WHEN YOU ARE
SHOOTING YOUR WEAPON.