destin bigsby: she never did find his little brown head.er son lost his life on that day. >> i felt numb. i felt like emma ok, it is survival mode at this point. two years later and it is still -- i will always -- it will always been currently difficult. >> as we proliferate our society with weapons there are opportunists to get powerful weapons, we may see the body count go up. destin bigsby: the weapons that were in adam lanza's hands should never have reached his hands and hopefully will never reach the hands of anyone in his mental state anyone -- ever again. >> it did make a difference. when he stopped to reload at one time a group of children were able to run out of the room and escape. his final action in the classroom which was instrumental in saving nine of his classmates' lives. as the gunman rolled out -- ran out of bullets, he called for his friends to run. he told them to run that they did. and then he reloaded and murdered jesse. destin bigsby: it is a shame that the world lost jesse. he cannot die in been. something must be d

i am destin bigsby, a voice for america's youth.ee 20,000 people commit suicide with a gun every year. once that trigger is like so many others, my cousin committed suicide with a gun. putting my family into shock and disarray. still, to this day, a void has been left that can never be filled. >> do i think that any depressed kid that walks into a gun shop should be able to walk into a gun store and buy a gun? probably not. >> he threatened suicide. we were able to intercept him, prevent the suicide, take the gun away from him, get rid of the gun, get him in therapy, but that only lasted so long. and then he got another gun. >> we tried to get him a lot of help and he ended up walking into a pawn shop and buying a gun. >> he did not have any trouble even though he was already in the database, as we say, as a mentally ill person quite believe should not be allowed to buy a gun. destin bigsby: i live in los angeles county. three cities wracked with gun violence. i am here in compton california, one of the most dangerous cities in the

bigsby in long beach, california is one of our second prize winners. his entry focused on weapon availability and background checks. ♪ ♪ >> i hate guns. >> it's the right to bear arms. >> i find them frightening. >> a gun lays there it will not do nothing. >> people should not be allowed to have guns. >> seconds count. law enforcement is minutes away. >> i hate guns. >> if i could snap my fingers and all the guns would be gone i don't see why not. >> we will have to have that conversation along the way that says when it is appropriate and what is appropriate for our citizens of the united states to carry and use? ♪ ♪ >> i was born in the age of suicide street justice at mass shootings. all because of the second amendment. >> the constitution is kind of beginning to show its age. >> i am destin bigsaby, a voice for american youth. over 20 million people commit suicide every year with a gun. once that trigger is pulled, there is no stopping the bullet. like so many others, mike cousin committed suicide with a gun putting my family into shock and disarray

destin bigsby in long beach, california is one of our second prize winners.ntry focused on weapon availability and background checks. ♪ ♪ >> i hate guns. >> it's the right to bear arms. >> i find them frightening. >> a gun lays there it will not do nothing. >> people should not be allowed to have guns. >> seconds count. law enforcement is minutes away. >> i hate guns. >> if i could snap my fingers and all the guns would be gone i don't see why not. >> we will have to have that conversation along the way that says when it is appropriate and what is appropriate for our citizens of the united states to carry and use? ♪ ♪ >> i was born in the age of