Washington DC comedian Tim Young has changed his stance on gun rights after he robbed at gunpoint. Young not only had his cell phone stolen, but he said several people who witnessed the armed robbery did nothing to help him.

Young now has plans to get trained and go through all the requirements necessary so he can carry a gun outside his home. "That level of fear and that level of helplessness that you feel, it doesn't compare to anything else I've felt in my life."

At the time of the robbery, Young was heading to one of D.C.'s newest hotspots—The Wharf—when his life changed. He was walking down a well-lit section of M Street at about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday when two men approached him—one of them had a gun. When asked how he felt when he saw someone point a gun at him, he replied "scared."

"Terrified. You know, when I talk to people about this… you're scared. There's no man card involved. I was defenseless," explained Young, who's a political comedian and host of 'No Things Considered' at the D.C. Examiner. The men ran off with his cell phone.

Young soon realized that the unwillingness of the complacent population waiting for someone else to help was also a concern. Two people called 911 after the theft had already been over but the "rest of the folks walked off." "They just stood by and watched as I was yelling for help. 'Help, I'm being robbed!' They stood by and watched," recalled Young. But the attack made Young change his stance on gun ownership.