. >> reporter: corey davis, the man you're about to meet, has been confined to a wheelchair for aboutears now. he never thought much about gun control until the day he was shot. as he sits at home in his apartment. >> i can't ever forget that. >> reporter: corey davis reflects on the day that forever changed his life some 13 days ago. >> next thing i tried to smack him with a brick. >> reporter: a street fight, he says, that led to a still unknown person pulling out a gun and shooting him. the bullet went in the left side of his neck and came out of his back. >> went straight for the ground and i couldn't move my arms or legs. >> reporter: he was left paralyzed from the neck down. therapy later helped him regain feeling and control of his arms and chest, but that's about it. the one thing that wasn't severely damaged were his thoughts on what he has come to describe as a city overrun with illegal guns. >> dirty weapons. that's the problem. dirty weapons. those are the ones that the law enforcement need to get off the street. >> reporter: and although the current gun laws are more cumb