Name: David Hogg Talks Parkland Shooting + Advocacy
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'David Hogg Talks Parkland Shooting + Advocacy' from TAFS Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2025-09-25. Transcript available.

Did you ever meet Nicholas Cruz? I mean, did you know who he was?
No. I mean, our school is 3,000 people.
It's a big school.
I don't remember meeting him ever.
Is it true that Broward County Sheriff's Department, there were like multiple
red flags?
Yes.
Yeah.
Because I don't think people talk about that enough.
Well, yeah, that's the crazy thing to me is like, you have an instance here
where the system has failed in multiple major ways, right?
The police were called, I think it was over a dozen times in the one to two
years before the shooting, to the shooter's house about different disturbances
that were happening.
And despite the fact that he couldn't purchase an AR-15 because he was not, or
sorry, despite the fact that he could not purchase a handgun because he was not
21 yet, he couldn't legally purchase that from a federally licensed dealer, he
could purchase an AR-15.
Why?
Because he was above the age of 18, which is the logic of the NRA, right?
Is that still the law?
So, kind of, for the most part it is.
The only-
So depressing.
The only addition I'll make to that is after the Uvalde and Buffalo massacres,
Congress changed the laws, passing the first federal gun law in 30 years, where
they expanded background checks for people under the age of 21 attempting to
buy guns, which is nowhere near enough, to be clear.
But I will note, there have been over, I think it's over 1,500 people that are
high-risk individuals that the FBI has documented that previously would have
been allowed to purchase guns like the AR-15 that, because of that enhanced
background check, have since been prevented.
Well-
Which is nowhere near enough, to be clear.
It's a tough fight.
To be clear.
It's a tough fight.
To be clear.
Gun control is a tough one.
It is.
I mean, I feel like I forgot about it.
I feel like it's so chaotic, this, you know, mass shootings are also so common,
and then just also, yeah, the world is turned into, like, so psycho.
It's like, oh, it's like, as like a, it seems like it's, like, from, like, the
1990s or something.
Yeah.
Like, it seems like it's, like, from the West Wing.
It's numbing, almost.
Yeah.
And I mean, what's-
It must be for you, like, for that to be where you're coming from, like, that's,
like, you know, it must be.
I remember Obama crying on TV.
Do you remember that?
Yeah.
Of course.
I remember posting about Sandy Hook when I was in middle school.
Yeah.
I mean, like, how could this happen?
Is this so disturbing?
You were in middle school for Sandy Hook.
That happened prior to that.
I think I was in middle school, yeah.
I think I was in seventh grade.
And, and, or, correct me if I'm wrong, kids in schools now are, like, there's
mass shooting training?
Is that a thing?
Yes.
So that's, damn.
Yes.
God.
It is.
It's horrifying.
I was just watching American Pie.
I was, like, by the end of this year, we're all getting laid.
It was very simple.
It was, like, you're, like, you're going to school in, like, a, you know,
fucking, in Blackhawk Down or whatever.
You know, like, it's, like.
It's horrifying.
I mean.
You should have seen it, dude.
It was a great country, man.
I was mad at Bush, but that feels quaint at that, at this point now.
Yeah.
I mean.
Still lots to be mad about.
So, okay.
So let's, let's talk about, like, after the fact.
And we, we touched on that earlier.
So, like, one thing I remember from Twitter was that, like, there was also,
like, right.
There was, like, a, that kid Kyle, right?
He was, like, on the right wing side of, like, the Parkland kids.
Like, you guys got politicized.
For sure.
Right?
And, like, you guys became symbols.
And, um.
Well, I'll say this.
What, what I will say now.
He's chill now.
Not to interrupt you, though.
I think I, I, this won't make the episode.
I ran into him once.
He came up to me.
He's like, dude, I'm not right wing anymore.
I'm chill.
What?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
People are just trying to use him.
Yeah, he's like, dude, I don't give a fuck about that shit anymore, dude.
Like, he's like, I, I, I'm just trying to, like, chill.
I live in the city.
Okay.
It's kind of nice, right?
Yeah, I mean.
If that was news to you, I'm glad I broke that news.
Well, what's, what's crazy to me is that I literally got a call from him
immediately after the shooting to him, like, like, trying to, like, challenge
me to a fight in the cafeteria.
I'm like, what the.
Guns at dawn.
I, I was like.
Or, uh, not guns.
I don't want to say guns.
I don't know.
Fist at dawn.
Like, and I was like, what the hell are you talking about, man?
Like, we have.
Why was he mad at you immediately after?
Because you did those interviews?
I think because we were speaking out and saying what we thought needed to be
done, right?
And he obviously didn't agree.
Which, like, look, it's, people can have their, their differences of opinion.
Yeah, yeah.
And.
He was speaking out himself.
Adam, I.
You're also kids, dude.
What I, what I'll say is this much.
Just let you, just be optimistic, you know?
Like, that's what really pissed me off.
I cut you off.
But that's what really pissed me off about the response.
It's like, you're, like, you're supposed to be like, let's change the world
when you're 17.
Like, that's what you're, you're supposed to be.
You're supposed to be dumb enough to believe that change is actually possible.
Oh, yeah, sure.
Fine.
Well, now they're all Republicans.
Well, not all of them.
We can go to, we can go to that later on.
We'll go to that later, certainly.
But that's fucking weird to me, you know?
It is fucking weird.
It is extremely weird.
It's normal that you're like, we're going to, we're going to get together and
we're going
to do something.
Like, that's, that's, you're supposed to have that optimism at that age.
And like, there's a, you know, this might go nowhere.
Okay.
But I don't know if you remember when there was like that kid, Nick Sandman,
like in D.C.
There's that kid with the MAGA hat and the Native American hat.
Oh, right.
And then like, it was like, that picture was taken and put in all these
newspapers and
stuff like that.
Like, everyone's like, wanted to fucking like, be like, this is kid's evil.
Fuck this kid.
I think that kid actually got paid.
I think like he sued all these news organizations because what, it doesn't
matter.
But there was part of me that was a little bit like, listen, he's 17 years old.
Like, people's opinions change.
Like, you know, I'm not, you know, people are allowed to like be kids and like,
you know,
grow up, you know?
And a little bit, yeah, that kid's wearing a MAGA hat, but it's just like, he's
not
Donald Trump.
Like, he's just a kid that's like, maybe his parents are Republican.
Maybe, I mean, it's just like holding kids accountable.
Like, and you, you experienced this yourself.
It's like, it's a little bit like, it's just like the way society treats
younger people
nowadays.
It's just like, um, it's, it's, uh, the world that you guys inherited is
terrible.
Like, I got, my shit was awesome.
People had SUVs.
I mean, you had the Iraq war too.
That was not great.
We were at P.F. Chang's.
Let's see if the, the hot, the hottest girls in my school were the hostesses at
P.F.
Chang's.
I go in with my parents and I'd want to throw up because I'm like, she's going
to find out
I have parents.
And we've all, we've all been there.
She's going to think I'm a loser, you know?
I mean, it's just.
Did you ever end up asking her out?
No, of course.
What do you think?
No.
Why do you, that's why I'm doing this.
I don't know.
I would have been fucking running Halliburton or something.
Yeah.
I don't know.
No, no.
Of course not.
She was, she was probably dating an adult.
You know?
I was like, I was in, why am I holding this?
They do not sponsor the show.
Sorry.
Icelandic Glacial?
It's probably from Jersey, bro.
Yeah.
It's a joke.
Hoboken water.
The shit that I, the shit that we fall for.
Going back to the fact that you were kind of a loner, a bit of a loner prior to
this happening.
I had friends, to be clear.
Who were your friends?
Who were my friends?
A lot of other speech and debate kids.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
So, yes.
And there were a couple chicks on the, there were a couple chicks.
Well, I tried.
I mean, there were like girls that were there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And we were dominating them with facts and logic.
Yeah.
I mean, the worst of us were.
Do you, are you in a relationship?
Am I in a relationship?
No.
No.
Have you been in a relationship?
Yes.
Yes.
In college?
Yes.
Your first love?
Kind of.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's a rough one when it ends.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, my God.
Oh, yeah.
Did you like say, God, why have you forsaken me?
Did you do that kind of thing?
No.
I think sometimes you can fall in love with somebody and fall out of love with
them.
Oh, my God.
Because people become different.
You broke up with her.
Yeah.
Just get ready to get dumped, dude.
Oh, I have to.
Trust me.
The first dump, oh, my God.
It's brutal.
You're just fucking Elliot Smith.
It's brutal.
I mean, the last one was so bad.
No one has ever felt pain like this ever in human history.
Well, I mean, the bottom line is that it was rough enough that it actually got
me to start
going to the gym more.
Oh, you're trying to get jacked.
I'm trying.
Why?
Because she used to beat you up?
No.
Far from.
I'm just kidding.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
That would have.
No.
Two shoes kicking.
It's just like, more than anything, I know that I have a lot of work to do on
myself, personally.
Yeah.
I mean, your childhood was probably stunted, right?
A little bit.
Yeah.
It's a little weird.
You're like a child actor, kind of.
Well, not in the way that those conspiracies talk about, but sure.
Not in a crisis actor.
No, but you're like, you're robbed of a childhood, right?
Yeah.
I mean, there's a lot of notoriety and all kinds of weird shit.
You didn't get to throw up from drinking too much.
I mean, I couldn't go to parties in college when I started as a freshman.
Because they'd see you.
Because people would start filming me when I was there.
That's so stressful.
Yeah.
And I eventually got over it once I turned 21.
Like, I was fine, you know, drinking and stuff.
But, yeah.
Yeah.
It's, I'm a pretty weird person in terms of, like, all the random shit that I've
gone through.
I wouldn't say, don't put a, don't hate on your own ass like that.
Well, I don't think, like, weird.
It's just, like, you've had a unique road.
But, guess what, brother?
I'm 38.
Let me, let me, let me OG you.
It's going to make you tough, brother.
Yeah.
I think so.
Yeah.
Your parents moved to D.C., the whole family?
They ended up moving to D.C. for a time.
That is kind of child actor style, though, right?
I mean, our house got swatted.
And my sister was really struggling because she went through the shooting as a
freshman.
So the family ended up moving to D.C.
and my sister finished high school up there.
But D.C. is so you can get in the game, right?
A little bit?
No, it was just that there was a really good high school for my sister to go to
up there.
Sidwell?
No, it was not Sidwell.
It was called Georgetown Day School.
All right.
And.
Jesuit.
I don't, well, it's not actually associated with Georgetown.
But she did end up going to Georgetown.
Oh, sweet.
Yeah.
But.
I went to GW.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Wow.
Thank you.