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RockRaven

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7. Kirk would say it is not rational to do so.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 05:35 PM

Sep 10

"You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death," Kirk said at a Turning Point USA Faith event on Wednesday, as reported by Media Matters for America. "That is nonsense. It's drivel. But I am—I think it's worth it.

"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe."

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Is it time to talk about guns now? [View all] Coventina Sep 10 OP

Live by the sword, die by the sword... Ocelot II Sep 10 #1

Never. Mob violence in the US is the goal. Ask what's his name usonian Sep 10 #2

Let's wait ZDU Sep 10 #3

Charlie said gun deaths are the cost of the 2nd Amendment OrlandoDem2 Sep 10 #4

No Rebl2 Sep 10 #5

Of course not Diraven Sep 10 #6

Kirk would say it is not rational to do so. RockRaven Sep 10 #7

way past time RANDYWILDMAN Sep 10 #8

The shooter was a gun owner. Therefore, apparently had some kind of sainthood. Sneederbunk Sep 10 #9

Ensure the nomenclature for the weapon is correct. Torchlight Sep 10 #10

Certainly not! DFW Sep 10 #11