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40. I grieve for the manner of death as a reflection of the intolerable level of gun violence in America

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:08 AM

Sep 11

No gun death is acceptable, including Charlie Kirk's.

However, as we should all know by now, on April 5, 2023, Charlie Kirk told us that gun deaths in America – which are 11 TIMES the number of gun deaths per capita in other high-income nations, driven primarily by a firearm homicide rate that is 25 TIMES that of comparable nations* – are an acceptable “cost” of their "righteous," extremist, reactionary opposition to ALL gun regulation, no matter how modest the measure or how many lives the measure would save.

"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."

I suspect that it never occurred to him that he would be one of those deaths he believed are "worth it."

While I grieve the manner of his death as a tragic reflection of the intolerable level of gun violence in our nation, I do not grieve the loss of a man who called for some "amazing patriot" to bail out Paul Pelosi’s attacker.

Link to tweet

Clarence Darrow’s quote comes to mind:

“I've never wished a man dead, but I've read some obituaries with great pleasure”

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Charlie Kirk's last words [View all] Just_Vote_Dem Sep 10 OP

The last words out of his mouth were hateful ugly lies. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #1

This! AZJonnie Sep 10 #6

Kirk shooting aftermath maliaSmith Sep 10 #24

Yes even her own staff hates her and says she is disgusting. Irish_Dem Sep 10 #25

Buh BYE Chuck.... democratsruletheday Sep 10 #2

No condoning his shooting, but I'm having a really hard time finding any sympathy for this guy. sop Sep 10 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard Sep 10 #14

Based on his views of marriage, she may be better off in the long run. Iris Sep 10 #23

I felt sorry for his wife and children when he was alive........... Bengus81 Sep 10 #26

They were there. Not a good thing to witness. valleyrogue Sep 10 #33

I grieve for the manner of death as a reflection of the intolerable level of gun violence in America pat_k Sep 11 #40

Doesn't matter who shot Charlie Kirk, or What he said Akakoji Sep 10 #4

Yep he will become a martyr, it's already begun FirstLight Sep 10 #10

Whitmer, and it sounds like other Democratic governors, have ordered flags lowered pat_k Sep 11 #41

Yes this is a real concern. There are RWrs who have been itching to use their weapons cache. nt wiggs Sep 10 #15

They may have a cache, BidenRocks Sep 10 #20

They think that no Dems own guns? They'll get a rude awakening. Bengus81 Sep 10 #29

Was that question a coincidence? Or part of a conspiracy? I can't help but connect the question with the shot. Jim__ Sep 10 #5

And perhaps that's what the cabal who conducted the execution wants you to do! AZJonnie Sep 10 #8

Malcolm Nance always says that coincidences take a lot of planning. strongermessage Sep 10 #31

I disapprove of his killing. Charlie understood his own need for accepting it. Norrrm Sep 10 #7

I disapprove of the last school MURDER spree and the one before that and the other one Bengus81 Sep 10 #32

Very gracious of him to become one of the worthy sacrifices to the 2nd Ammendment. Crunchy Frog Sep 11 #39

He seems to have reaped the whirlwinds he sowed. marble falls Sep 10 #9

To listen to CNN orangecrush Sep 10 #11

I had to shut it off Just_Vote_Dem Sep 10 #12

So strange Cirsium Sep 10 #27

When 1% of all mass shooters are "too many" transgender, and when ancianita Sep 10 #13

Satan already had his soul (if he had such a thing.) erronis Sep 10 #17

On Fox...Kirk is described as an American Martyr, touching on religious or tribal notes. nt wiggs Sep 10 #16

If Fox says that about Kirk, they'll canonize trump as a saint when he kicks. ancianita Sep 10 #19

Sickening thought! calimary Sep 10 #21

Old/new Messiah Norrrm Sep 10 #34

Good one. ancianita Sep 10 #35

But... Cirsium Sep 10 #30

K&R UTUSN Sep 10 #18

That seems apropos. BannonsLiver Sep 10 #22

I hope he realized what had Figarosmom Sep 10 #28

Your prescription is ready, usonian Sep 10 #36

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Oh wow. I haven't looked at the news today. Doing other stuff. This is the 1st I've seen about this. Crunchy Frog Sep 11 #38