michael, why the change of mind? well, your people, your producers have called me since aurora. that back in july throughout the fall when there were a number of what we call the smaller massacres, the four or five or six that are killed, and i said i m i told you i m not going back on here after a gun shooting. let s bring in that guy that made bowling for columbine and after newtown, of course, your people here asked me to come in. i ve not gone on a single show since newtown to talk about this because as i said to you that night i m not going to be a pundit about this. i m going to be a big pain in the ass about this. i m going to act. i m going to be doing things. for instance, this saturday night with i ve joined with move on and a whole bunch of progressive groups, and we re holding thousands of house gatherings in people s homes this saturday night. we re all going to watch bowling for columbine and then i m going to be live in their living rooms via the internet to ta
move on and a bunch of progressive groups. we are holding thousands of house gatherings in people s homes this saturday night. we are all going to watch bowling for columbine together. then i m going to be live in their living rooms via the internet to take questions, to discuss what are we going to do. grassroots all the way. all across america. anybody can do it saturday night. we had an amazing statistic. nearly 3,000 americans have been killed with guns since sandy hook. nearly as many people died as on 9/11. 9/11. can you imagine if the response had been, we can t do anything. we can t get the votes? that s as many americans that have been killed with guns. i also read in newtown they have a doubling of the rate of people in newtown alone applying for gun permits. because the nra got out there and said, you need to be armed. everybody in america must be armed. teachers, nurses, so on. two big rock stars, rob thomas and nikki sixx tweeted the same
bowling for columbine. after newtown your people ask me to come on. i have not gone on a single show to talk about this since newtown. as i said that night i m not going to be a pundit about this. i m going to be a pain in the ass about this. i m going to act, do things. for instance, this saturday night i have joined with with move on and a bunch of progressive groups. we are holding thousands of house gatherings in people s homes this saturday night. we are all going to watch bowling for columbine together. then i m going to be live in their living rooms via the internet to take questions, to discuss what are we going to do. grassroots all the way. all across america. anybody can do it saturday night. we had an amazing statistic. nearly 3,000 americans have been killed with guns since sandy hook. nearly as many people died as on 9/11. 9/11. can you imagine if the response had been, we can t do anything. we can t get the votes? that s as many americans that have been killed