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Quote from the guy:
The Second Amendment is not about hunting. I love hunting. The Second Amendment is not even about personal defense. That is important. The Second Amendment is there, God forbid, so that you can defend yourself against a tyrannical government.
So does this count as defense against a tyrannical government? Given that he's a propagandist / mouthpiece for the current said government causing harm to countless humans right now.
https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113
Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving person I guess? He's super pro gun and "taking things in your own hands", so I guess he got what he was asking for.
The irony of him talking about shootings in America and then the shot rings out.
That is just…a little too convenient?
My non-mod opinion on this:
Trump is posting Kirk is dead.
Not going to celebrate, just noting:
"I can't stand the word 'empathy', I think it's a made up New Age term." - Charlie Kirk
Thoughts and prayers.
There is no negotiating with fascists.
FYI - links to the gore video will be removed if it is not properly marked as NSFW/NSFL.
Yes, it's bad. This is not like the Trump "maybe it was faked with razor blades" kind of thing.
The only good nazi...
I saw an unironic comment on one of the outlets reporting the shooting, and it was "All the liberal violence has got to end".
I mean....WTAF? No one even knows who the shooter is yet, do they? And how many instances are there of liberal violence?
I bet that same dipstick thinks that J6, the Proud Boys, The 3%ers, the Oathkeepers, and all the other right-wing domestic terrorist groups, are all fine, too....
"near the neck"?
I abhor violence and I don’t want this to ever be considered normal or acceptable. Once again, we need actual gun regulation in this country.
That being said, fuck that guy in particular. He, his ideology, and the causes he advocates for are monstrous and no amount of violence against him should be used to wash any of that away. Make no mistake, his political ideology has helped build the society that is making this kind of horror more commonplace. Let’s not forget, the society that HE is helping to build is largely accepting of gun violence toward children, not to mention many others.
"Utah Valley University spokeswoman Ellen Treanor has confirmed to the New York Times that Charlie Kirk was struck by a gunman positioned in the Losee Center, a building approximately 200 yards from the event site."
Unlike Mr.Kirk, I'm in favor of much stronger gun control, but that was quite an accurate shot, harmed nobody else, and well timed for context. Unlike the idiots trying to shoot Trump and either killing another person or not even getting a shot off
Ya know I've been saying for years the best way to remove Republican influence is to put the propagandists to the sword. Thusly I am not only fully okay with this, I fucken support it.
Over 30 minutes since it happened and not a single post on Reddit’s r/politics…. Censorship much?
Is the prick dead or not? This article seems more like it wants to fellate republicans who are posting their literal thoughts and prayers for their scumbag friend.
Violence is never the answer, until it is the only answer. We have been approaching that point and it's just going to get worse. The Luigis out there will keep this up whether it is the right or wrong way to do things. All we can do is watch or try and fix it. Too few are even trying.
My first reaction was “oh awesome” but now that I’ve read what happened I hate that he is now going to use this to further his agenda. And trump will react against the universities
The Wikipedia editors move fast and have a ton of links up already - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assasination_of_Charlie_Kirk
You can probably guess what Steve Scalise Benjamin Netanyahu and Gavin Newsome have to say, but if you really need to know they're in there
Another trump style "shooting" now they send Soldiers to Utah
Video on threads (Description: Video from far away in crowd captures charlie being shot before panning out quickly. No gore.)
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I found a closer up video on reddit. Dude was shot square in the brachial artery... he's 100% dead.
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