Grieving UCSB Victim's Father Inspires a Movement: 'Not One More'

Richard Martinez's only child, 20-year-old Christopher Michaels-Martinez, was killed in the shooting rampage Friday in Isla Vista, California. But he doesn't want your sympathy.

"I don’t give a shit that you feel sorry for me,” he said in an interview with The Washington Post.

What Martinez wants, instead, is this: "Get to work and do something."

The former criminal defense lawyer, who grew up on a farm with guns, has become an unlikely face in the nation's gun control debate, turning grief into rage into action. He has been unafraid of the spotlight, delivering an emotional speech to reporters just hours after learning of his son's death. In the days since, he has appeared on primetime TV and in published interviews, slamming policymakers for their inability to stop the indiscriminate shooting deaths of Americans. Read more...