Dream date! Pro-gun Parkland teen flies to Nebraska to escort a fellow Second Amendment fan to the prom after she turned to Twitter to ask him out

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A Parkland school shooting survivor who champions the Second Amdendment flew to Nebraska to go to prom with a fellow pro-gun supporter who turned to social media to land him as her dream date. 

Kyle Kashuv, 16, flew from Florida to Lincoln, Nebraska, to escort Fidan Ibrahimova to her prom.

The pair coordinated in Navy blue as they headed out to Lincoln Southeast High School for the dance. 

Kashuv, a survivor of the February 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed, caught Ibrahimova's attention with his political views. 

Parkland school shooting survivor, Kyle Kashuv, who champions the Second Amdendment flew to Nebraska to go to prom with Fidan Ibrahimova (pictured together), a fellow pro-gun supporter

Kashuv, a survivor of the February 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed, caught Ibrahimova's attention with his political views

She decided to send Kashuv a private message on Twitter requesting that he go to prom with her. But Kashuv didn't respond. She then asked how many retweets it would take to get him to say yes and he set the bar at 5,000 retweets. She was able to help from Ben Shapiro (right)

While his schoolmates from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were leading the March for Our Lives and demanding stricter gun laws, Kashuv emerged as the voice of counter-demonstrators arguing for the Second Amendment.

And as he opposed his fellow classmates, David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez, an intrigued Ibrahimova watched from her home in Nebraska. 

She told the Lincoln Journal Star that she thought Kashuv was brave to go against the beliefs of many of his classmates who survived the shooting.

'Their voices were really loud, but not so much the conservative side,' she said.

Ibrahimova, who has described her own political views as moderate with a slight lean to the right, told the newspaper that she felt 'he never really had a chance to share his voice'.

That's when she decided to send Kashuv a private message requesting that he go to prom with her. 

'Sorry to bother you but prom is next Saturday, so I'm wondering if I have a chance or nah?' she wrote.

But Kashuv didn't respond. She then asked how many retweets it would take to get him to say yes and he set the bar at 5,000 retweets, according to the Journal.

Ibrahimova met her goal and even created a GoFundMe account to raise $1,700 for Kashuv to buy a tuxedo. Kashuv flew into Omaha on Saturday afternoon and left Sunday morning

The money raised also helped with his plane ticket to Nebraska, a hotel room, limo and dinner at a sushi restaurant (left)

She was able to get 2,000 retweets on her own and then conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro asked his 12 million followers to help out. 

Ibrahimova met her goal and even created a GoFundMe account to raise $1,700 for Kashuv to buy a tuxedo and his plane ticket to Nebraska, a hotel room, limo and dinner at a sushi restaurant. 

Kashuv flew into Omaha on Saturday afternoon and left Sunday morning. 

Before the prom, they also got to sit down with Nebraska Gov Pete Ricketts in his Omaha office.

Fidan said they went to prom with a group of her friends but they did not speak of guns or school violence.

'The best date I could ever ask for! Thank you twitter for making this possible!!!!,' she tweeted on Saturday.

Fidan said they went to prom with a group of her friends but they did not speak of guns or school violence

Before the prom, they also got to sit down with Nebraska Gov Pete Ricketts in his Omaha office

Last month, Kashuv criticized Parkland student David Hogg, one of the leading voices in the Never Again movement who spoke at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC. 

'You can hear the people in power shaking,' Hogg said during the rally to loud applause.

'We're going to make sure the best people get in our elections to run not as politicians, but as Americans.

'Because this - this - is not cutting it,' he said, pointing at the white-domed Capitol.

'We can and we will change the world!'

But Kashuv said Hogg's statements were 'egregious and inflammatory'.

'Guns aren't the issue. It's everything surrounding acquiring a weapon,' Kashuv said.

'I talked to so many marchers and they don't have a clear-cut solution. And it pains me not to see the government being held accountable for their failures. I don't see anyone blaming Sheriff Scott Israel for failing to do what he was supposed to do.'

Last month, Kashuv (pictured in DC at the March for Our Lives rally) criticized Parkland student David Hogg, one of the leading voices in the Never Again movement who spoke at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, DC

Kashuv said the protest organizers failed to criticize government failures leading up to the shooting. Kashuv is pictured with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump 

Kashuv (right) said Hogg's (left) statements were 'egregious and inflammatory'. 'Guns aren't the issue. It's everything surrounding acquiring a weapon,' Kashuv said

Kashuv said the protest organizers failed to criticize government failures leading up to the shooting.

'I don't see anyone looking at the FBI and saying, 'How come two reports weren't followed through?' I don't see anyone going, '78 reports to the Broward Sheriff's office and nothing is done.'... How come we don't hear speakers talking about this subject?'

Kashuv has become a hero among conservatives on Twitter. He has posted a photo of himself alongside Charlie Kirk, a prominent right-wing activist, arguing with demonstrators in Washington, DC.

'Smashing down hypocrisy with Charlie Kirk,' read the caption of a tweet with a photo of the two debating a pro-gun control demonstrator.

Kashuv has even challenged his schoolmate, Hogg, to a debate. 

Last month's massive demonstrations that took place from coast to coast demanded stricter gun laws, but they were met in some places with small counter-protests from Second Amendment supporters.

Last month's massive demonstrations that took place from coast to coast demanded stricter gun laws, but they were met in some places with small counter-protests from Second Amendment supporters 

Gun rights defenders are seen in Boston on the day of the March for Our Lives rally last month