#NeverAgain Movement Leader David Hogg Rejected from UCSD

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• He would have been better off flying under the radar than making a public fool of himself with his misguided crusade

  • JaneDope1234. You just make a public fool of yourself.

    • Are you 5? "You are!" is not an adult response...you're either a child or a liberal that has the IQ similar to a child (tomato, tomato).

      • Age is irrelevant in any argument too and also not an adult response. UCSD wants to keep their fame untouched, and it has nothing to do with politics.

        • Or maybe, God forbid, his grades and test scores were below their standards and they didn't like that he was hedging on his 15min of Fame to get into college.

  • Seriously doubt any adult knows who he is. In fact, the minute I close this page I will forget his name. Not much difference between him and the millions of FB celebrity wannabes.

• • David Hogg hasn't a clue as to how to solve this situation. He's a teenager with a simplistic view of the problem. Go ahead, ban AR-15's. It solves nothing. The next shooter will emulate the Virginia Tech shooter and use a pair of handguns. Most of these shooters acquire their weapons by stealing them from their parents or another family member. We need real security in our schools and to eliminate the nonsensical "GUN FREE ZONE" policies

  • You make it sound like your way is somehow more mature... rofl. Neither you nor Hogg belong at UCSD, a top 10 school worldwide for science and research... then again Bush went to Harvard so what does that say about the state of the universities in the USA?

    • He went to Yale ROLFLMAO

    • Well, Bush's grades were better than Gore's or Kerry's from what I understand. My way isn't just more mature, my way would actually make a difference

  • But gun free zones are fine for CPAC, Congress and the White House. Why not schools?

    • They're not protected by just signs in those places. But nice deflection

      • True, they have trained professional security guards as well. They don't arm janitors and other basic employees of the establishment who have no knowledge of firearms, yet thats what you guys want to do by arming teachers. Teachers specialty is TEACHING, not shooting! You want to put guards into schools? Fine, good idea actually, but it needs to be part of a broader plan that includes limiting weapons of mass destruction like AR-15's. Even a security guard at every corner of the building is not enough to stop a weapon that can kill 50 people in 10 seconds! In a typical American high school, it would take at least 1-3 minutes to navigate from any corner to the middle, more than enough time to commit a large scale massacre with a semi-automatic or automatic weapon.

        • WMD Pew Pew
          Great trolling Justin that was a hilarious read my man.

        • Justin, you obviously know nothing about AR-15's. Ben Franklin had a good saying, "Tiss better to remain silent and let people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." There are many teachers who are ex military or LE who would be good candidates to be armed. So if you are a student in a classroom and a shooting starts would you rather your teacher be armed or just throw books at the shooter?

        • More idiocy. Armed security with secured entrances with metal detectors. It seems to work in courthouses and federal buildings. And no one's asking teachers to go on a search and destroy mission to seek out a shooter. We're suggesting we allow TRAINED VOLUNTEERS to arm themselves. In which case they would hunker down in their classrooms and protect their students. Just knowing in advance that there would be armed resistance the next shooter might think twice before mounting an assault on a school. Could you inform us what makes an AR-15 more lethal than an M1A? Or a Ruger Ranch rifle? AR-15s cannot kill 50 people in 10 seconds nimrod. there are no 50 round magazines and you can't pull the trigger 50 times in 10 seconds and hit anything. Let me remind you that the Virginia Tech shooter shot 49 people, killing 32 with a measly Walther P22 and a Glock 19. Only a complete fool would insist they'd rather be unarmed if they found themself in an active shooter situation. So Justin IS a fool

        • They have trained ARMED security guards with metal detectors. And who ever suggested they arm untrained people? Only you. So your position is, if you found yourself in an active shooting situation and the shooter was heading towards you, you'd rather be unarmed? Have I got that right? Heroic teachers and administrators have died saving lives. Don't those heroes deserve the chance to protect themselves and their students?

        • Cant take you seriously when you think an AR-15 can kill 50 people in 10 seconds.

        • Lots of ex-military are now teachers.

        • Justin You really need to stop believing what you are told on MSM, and educate yourself on ballistics . I saw an article the AR15 was created for Vietnam War to take off heads and appendages. First it was the M16, big difference. Second the projectile that the ar and m16 use are the same .223. Which is small and designed to injure not kill. The larger round .308 or the 50 cal.

    • That's a GENIUS idea! (Hmmm...but how do we get the criminals and insane people to actually heed them...there's the tricky part. I mean, isn't hurting or killing kids already in the books as illegal?)
      Anyway...keep brainstorming. I like the way you think. If something doesn't work...do it MORE! (Have you considered public office?)

    • So, there are no guns in the White House or Congress? Really?

  • He is a crisis actor, and a scumbag in training.

    • He was in drama club Dad FBI Mom CNN go figure

      • He and his mom toured CNN headquarters 2 yrs ago. You can take pictures with a prop news desk. She's a teacher. Try Google and skip Breitbart for a while.

        • I will double check that.Thank you for correcting me if true. Now CNN is known for many false allegations. So they like CNN. Which now has me questioning their motives. David needs to stick with the tide pod challenge. The NRA was created to arm black people from the KKK. Which not only would I arm them, I would stand and fight with them. The KKK are a bunch of goons that the democrats created similar to antifa. Now I will support their First Amendment but I promise you they will not take any of my rights or any others who are legal lawful gun owners

        • Check again. Even the NRA says the organization wasn't founded to protect blacks from the KKK. It was originally formed to improve marksmanship after it was discovered that the Union Army had very little experience aiming or firing guns. It's first president was a former Union general. Again, Google could be some help to you.

        • It has been ever thus since the founding of our Association in 1871 by former Union officers—men who were deeply committed to ending the vestiges of slavery and to seeking equal rights for all. From NRA Web page. Google, You Tube are anti second amendment. Tap water is turning the freaking frogs gay

        • Thank God the gay frog conspiracy has finally been exposed, but you have to start much earlier, when they're young impressionable tadpoles. That's a slippery slope that would soon lead to larger amphibians being entrapped in that lifestyle. I've heard that gay reptiles have chosen Justin Beiber as their leader. He has even shape-shifted into a reptile with "big scaly claws" and a "black stipe down it's middle" during a concert recently. Notice the quotation marks, which mean it must be true. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm late for my George Soros funded, antifa meeting. We have credible evidence that Ann Coulter is actually a 150 yr old Hungarian Countess who stays youthful by eating the flesh of young children (and their puppies).

        • §246. Militia: composition and classes
          (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
          (b) The classes of the militia are—
          (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
          (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
          (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 14, §311; Pub. L. 85–861, §1(7), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1439; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title V, §524(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1656; renumbered §246, Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XII, §1241(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2497.)

    • You've got a doctorate in scumbag.

  • Thanks for convincing me that UCSD has little to offer

  • And Mr. Turcotte, what have YOU done to solve this situation?

    • I'd have the same security in our schools that we have in our courthouses. Armed security and metal detectors. I'd allow qualified teacher to carry a firearm. I's institute a program of inclusiveness and do whatever I could to stop social media bullying. Anything else you want to know? Banning one type of firearm is meaningless. Raising the age to buy a rifle is meaningless. Most shooters steal or buy their firearms illegally

      • None of your solution would help in the least. You are just echoing conservative media and the funny part is you already mention why your way wont work in your own argument. All your policies would do is make the gunners adapt and become even more extreme as they have done in other countries with conservative policies. This is the most basic of human behaviors. Since you are a conservative maybe you will understand silly mimes instead... "the harder you squeeze the faster something slips away etc."
        They will just start using poisons, more bombs and long range tactics.

• Seriously doubt that any adults had even heard of him. The odds that the folks reviewing his application knew about his activities are practically zero. If he didnt get in then there are other ways. Anyone with half a brain knows that the best path is to go to a community college for 2 years (save about $15k on tuition alone), then transfer to UCSD for the last 2. This is doubly true if you are taking a useless major like poli-sci. Odds are you wont get a meaningful job when you're done (and possibly ever) anyway so saving $15k is a big deal.

• His career as a politician (political reality star) is set in granite...screw college...they will give him an honorary and a nice no-one-will-ever-sort-out-where-the-money-came-from salary for having the best James Dean meets Clint Eastwood face DCWood has ever come across!

• Aimless ambition. Still thinking he can change the world, one Tide pod at a time. If the punk had a reasonable resolution, he might actually accomplish something productive. Talking gibberish every chance he can is only digging his grave deeper.

• self absorbed spoiled brat. would show up to the school like a diva...and demand his 15 minutes of fame be extended for all 4 years of college.

• I am somewhat surprised they didn't just let him in....he is THE Hogg.
  I am kidding, I'm not surprised....the "Gun Control" kids lack the wisdom to understand these school shootings (mass shootings in general) are a symptom of an underlying deficiency in society. Rifles/shotguns, including semi-autos, used to be a main stay on high school grounds for decades, yet they rarely resulted in a mass shooting. Anyone bother to ask why?

  • Yes, my dad has a picture of him and his wrestling coach/history teacher in his pickup bed, with a shotgun and an M14 style rifle on the rack right behind them. In their school parking lot. CNN never bothers to ask what changed and could we try to address that?
    (For those who are unaware, the M14 style rifle is a civilian version of a US military service rifle from Korea through the present day. It's not black and scary like an AR15, but it uses a more powerful cartridge (bullet) and frequently has 10-30 round magazines (clips;) )

• Don't worry David, the world needs ditch diggers.

• Wow, so many angry and frustrated male trolls found this page! Can't wait for Hogg and his generation to rise up and take charge. The hyper-aggro antiquated cowboys will fade into the sunset and we'll look back and laugh (or cry) at their sorry last gasps for power and relevance.

  • This generation caused the problem. I've never seen so many instances of bullying as I do today. Kids are killing themselves after years of social media harassment. Is it any wonder some of them decide to take a few of their classmates with them?

    • You are wrong. Its not even funny how wrong you are. Bulling was 10x worse 20 years ago and 10x worse that 20 years before that. The only difference is you cant get away with it so easily any more so it gets reported more often. Have you seen movies or read books depicting life in the past? There is a reason why crime is down across the board. You think these shootings are bad now? Guess what, they are waaaaaay down compared to the past if you account for population change. The boomer generation was especially horrible.

      • We also had rifle teams, Marcus, which meant guns in school! Kids didn't go around shooting those who bullied them, because I agree that bullies have been around forever. So, what happened with this generation of children? My former high school no longer has a rifle team; I doubt any school does. We had bullies. I met some of them daily. So did many other kids. No one shot anyone, because of it. Same high school, fast forward to 2014. A student randomly stabbed 21 people. My childhood friend's granddaughter was almost a victim, but a boy jumped in front of her.

• He should work on his grades instead of being a media celebrity activist. I don't believe for one minute that UC-anywhere rejected him because of his activism.

  • He has a 4.2 grade point average and a 1270 SAT score! If he had a 2.5 G.P.A., THEN he would need to " work on his grades " !! When I was his age ( I'm 46 ), those credentials went a long way. Sadly, too many of today's young people are wearing themselves out for a culture that has a " perfect isn't good enough " or " perfect isn't worth a darn " mindset!!

    • How do you know he has a 4.2 average? He would have gotten into that college.