After Florida shooting, people are giving up their weapons
About 40% of Americans say they have a gun.
Almost 40% of Americans defend their right to have a gun. But on Saturday, Scott Pappalardo sawed his gun into pieces and he's not the only one.
After
the shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida, last week where 17 died people and many more were injured,
teenage survivors have rallied under the #Never Again movement to lobby for an end to gun violence.
They are demanding change and some gun owners have heeding the call.
Mr Pappalardo's video of him cutting up his AR-15 assault rifle - the same model used by
gunman Nikolas Cruz in Florida and the most popular gun in America - has been watched 22 million times on his Facebook account. "My drop in a very large bucket," he wrote.
"Seeing the events in Parkland, Florida deeply affected me," he told the BBC from New York where he lives.
"I had planned on selling it last year but I was always worried about getting a phone call from the police telling me that it had been used in a deadly shooting.
"The Sandy Hook shooting was horrible but the surviving children couldn't speak out.
"With Florida, these high school students are speaking out. Seeing the pain in their faces and hearing the stories out of their mouths made me change my mind."
Mr Pappalardo said he still supports the Second Amendment and would be keeping his other guns but added: "I was quite fond of the rifle. It was like taking my sick dog to the backyard and having it put down.
"I would love for others to give up their weapons but don't cut them up, because I found out that's a crime. I'd recommend taking them to a police station."
Using the hashtag #OneLess, his action has inspired others.
On Tuesday Debbie Lentz posted a photograph on Facebook of her AR-15 weapon in pieces, writing "Thank you, [Scott Pappalardo], for showing me what I needed to do. I've had this gun for many years. I could not live with myself if it had ever been used to injure or kill an innocent person".
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http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43142323
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Wow who's going to protect this people when the economy goes down or when a riot happens in their area and people start stealing stuff due to survival.
Some people are naive and short sighted