When Scott Pappalardo filmed himself sawing his AR-15 in half, he didn’t know that the video would become a viral sensation. Sitting in a chair on his back porch, gun across his lap, Pappalardo explains his decision to destroy the weapon rather than sell it:

“In the back of my head I say, what if whoever buys this weapon, their child gets a hold of it, and brings it to a school one day, and shoots a bunch of people, can I live with that? I don’t think I could. So, I’ve decided today I’m gonna make sure that this weapon will never be able to take a life.”