Andrew Pollack, the outspoken father of one of the students killed during the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting, said Wednesday that he was never a big gun-rights supporter until he realized how defenseless his daughter was when she was gunned down at school last year.
“I was never such a pro-Second Amendment type of guy until this happened to my daughter and I saw how she became such a victim on that third floor and no one came in to help her,” Mr. Pollack, whose 18-year-old daughter Meadow was among the 17 students and staff killed by a gunman on Valentine’s Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, told Fox News host Martha MacCallum.
Mr. Pollack cited the recent mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where 22 people were killed and others attempted to hide or flee, as an example of people needing to be able to carry guns so they can fight back.
“Every time that there’s a mass shooting and there’s a victim cowering, like at Walmart recently where those people were killed in Texas and there were victims cowering — it shows you how important the Second Amendment is,” he said. “When seconds count, you need to be able to protect yourself. First responders are usually minutes away.
“That is why I am such a believer in the Second Amendment and I’ll never let one of my friends or loved ones be a victim, like what happened to my daughter on that third floor,” he added.
The NRA shared a clip of Mr. Pollack’s comments on Twitter, thanking him for advocating that “good people are never defenseless.”
Mr. Pollack is the founder of Meadow’s Movement, an organization launched after his daughter’s murder that seeks to increase federal funding for school security.
When SECONDS matter, police are MINUTES away.
This is why people must start protecting themselves with a gun until police arrive.
I will NEVER again let what happened to my daughter happen to one of my friends or loved ones. #FixIt https://t.co/lNqmmMhgqv
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) August 23, 2019
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