from an early age, he was passionate about protecting other people. i used to protect my friends on the way home to school, we had a bully that tried and tried to start fights with us. and then i found out that a nicely applied arm lock would get him to kiss the streets and we don t have to run anymore. when he grew up, weldon we melt weldon back in 2014 when we covered the story of another woman he met at the shooting range. a customer walked in and i could tell that something was wrong with her. i couldn t tell exactly what but i could read that she was under some kind of stress. her name was krystal harris. he said, can i help you? i said, i need to buy a gun. and i said that it is not just for putting it away, i said my life is in danger. it s from my husband.
applied arm lock would get that bully to kiss the street. we didn t have to run from him anymore. reporter: when he grew up, weldon enlisted in the marine corps. after leaving the service he worked as a firearms instructor. a customer walked in. i could tell something was wrong with her. i couldn t tell exactly what, but i could read that she was under some kind of stress. her name was crystal harris. he was like, can i help you? i said i need to buy a gun. i said it s not just for putting it away. my life is in danger. and it s from my husband. and he was like, whoa. crystal, a mother of two young sons told weldon her husband was violent and abusive. she wanted to buy a gun for protection. so at that point i asked her, are you prepared to kill him?
reporter: from an early age, weldon mcdavid was passionate about protecting other people. i i used to protect my friends on the way home from school. we had a bully that tried and tried to start fights with us. and then i found out that a nicely applied arm lock would get that bully to kiss the street. and we didn t have to run from him anymore. reporter: when he grew up, weldon enlisted in the marine corps. after leaving the service, he worked as a firearms instructor. we met weldon back in 2013 when we covered the story of another woman he met at the shooting range. a customer walked in. and i could tell somethin was wrong with her. i i couldn t tell exactly what, but i i could read that she was under some kind of stress. reporter: her name was crystal harris. he s, like, yeah, can i help you. i said, i need to buy a gun. and i said, and it s not just for putting it away. i said, my life is in danger. and it s it s from my husband.
week but guys are going to stand up, arm lock and they re going to ask all of the fans to arm lock as well so that we can show the country that we can come together, no matter our backgrounds and our difference, that we can come together and support each other. eric reed is a safety of the san francisco 49ers. a former teammate of colin kaepernick. he tweeted this out. he said unity is great. i m all for it. let s be united in ending systematic oppression of black and brown people. do you think colin kaepernick s original message in this protest is in danger of being lost and in part because of the president? no, i don t think so. i think because of trump s actions, he s definitely made the conversation come to the forefront. we re not talking about puerto rico which we should be all focused on the things that are happening in puerto rico. but because of what trump has said and how he targeted the national football league, he s made this a national conversation.
so guys are going to use their platform to continue to raise awareness. do you know what s going to happen with the falcons on sunday? well, i know right now, the falcons, we re going to stand up for the national anthem. we re going to arm lock, and we re going to ask the fans to arm lock as well. we re going to show unity and i think that message is going to go out to all 32 teams. of course you re going to have players that they re not going to stand up and show and arm lock, but i still respect the way they re protesting because they want to raise awareness. they want their message to be heard that we want everyone to be treated equally in this country. why would it change from a kneel to an arm lock when the original message was to take a knee? well, i m not really sure. i think when kaepernick started his protest, he did it in a peaceful way. it alarmed some people because he was kneeling when the national anthem. i just think people blew it out of proportion because in th