Parkland students: 'We are the experts' on gun control -- does surviving make you an expert?

In today’s “The News and Why it Matters,” your favorite Blaze personalities discuss the sadly ill-informed Parkland students who, on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher," trashed the NRA and Dana Loesch then professed the be "the experts" on the topic of gun control.

“You could say that we don’t know what we’re talking about because we’re 17 years old, but, until you’ve been on the receiving end of an AR-15, until you’ve been locked into your — Wayne LaPierre, Dana Loesch I don’t know if you guys have ever had to  deal with that, but as far as I know, that’s not the case,” said Cameron Kasky. “We’ve been locked in a classroom. We have seen our friends text their parent’s goodbye. We are the experts. We know exactly what we’re talking about. How dare you tell us we don't know what we're [talking about.]”

Here is the HBO interview:

Watch the clip above to hear Doc Thompson, Stu Burguiere, Pat Gray, Jason Buttrill and Sara Gonzales break down today’s hottest topics and the stories that really matter to you.

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