As of Saturday afternoon, Weida's post had over 35,000 reactions and over 14,000 shares.

The post was written from the perspective of Weida "listening to David Hogg speak," and it began with a direct piece of advice for Hogg: "Watch what you say."

"I got shot on a house raid in Iraq. My getting shot didn't make me a professional on war, international relations, house raids (obviously!), or guns," wrote Weida, adding that despite the "horrible thing" that happened to him — and the feelings he had against the war in Iraq — he "didn't come home and protest the war."

Acknowledging that he "signed up to be shot at" as opposed to Parkland students, Waida had a few words to say about gun control.