Snoop Dogg and T.I. joined Fruitvale Station director Ryan Coogler and others on the “No Guns Allowed” panel last Saturday to discuss ways of ending gun warfare for the 2013 BET Experience.

The panelists expressed personal opinions for how gun violence has escalated in urban communities, recalling their own accounts and the experiences of those close to them to a packed audience at L.A. Live. Snoop says, “We’re brainwashed,” he points out. “Not knowing the results and the consequences of gun violence, we’re always quick to pick [the gun] up, but when we do what we do with it, then we get remorseful and sad. We don’t think. The train of thought is never put into effect until after the fact.”

T.I. talked about his time spent in jail and the difficulty in separating himself from the source of his problems. Later, reformed gangbangers-turned-homeowners from Watts came out and testified to the ability for rectification. “We just want to change the conversation.”