Scott Mann

I hold out hope that there's still political pressure that can be applied.

So the first thing I say to any individual is, are you paying attention to this?

You know, are you actually paying attention to this?

Or are you doing like what you do when you drive by a housing project and say, somebody should do something about that?

You know, other people should handle that, you know?

But are you taking personal responsibility for what's actually happening here?

Do you feel it at a personal level?

If you don't, then, you know, the only advice I can give you is defend your house and know your shit so you can do that.

Because...

The biggest thing that citizens could do right now is make this damn thing an election year issue.

And that's why I love what you did with the petition.

Because what it did was, honestly, and I've heard this from so many of our generation of war fighters, it gave a voice to a group of veterans and GWAT generation folks in a way that they just hadn't been heard since we shut the door on that war.

and look at what it resulted in.

300,000 signatures, a very mobilized, activated voice that made its way into Congress, that has resulted in legislation.

I think that has brought a lot of pressure, and frankly, illumination on the topic in a way that it's not going away.

It's very clear now that this generation of veterans is not, that we're not gonna go away on this.

We're not gonna walk silently away and let another 9-11 happen without at least being heard.

And so I say, if you can do that with your platform and you can mobilize 300,000 people to sign a petition, then what can an individual do in Youngstown, Ohio or Austin, Texas to make this known?

Have you talked to your mayor?

Have you talked to your sheriff?