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In reply to the discussion: Best summation on the irony of Charlie Kirk's death that I've seen [View all]Suite_Me
(2 posts)58. For those posting about Mr. Kirk's statement on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, here is the entire quote
CHARLIE KIRK: Yeah, it's a great question. Thank you. So, I'm a big Second Amendment fan but I think most politicians are cowards when it comes to defending why we have a Second Amendment. This is why I would not be a good politician, or maybe I would, I don't know, because I actually speak my mind.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. And if that talk scares you "wow, that's radical, Charlie, I don't know about that" well then, you have not really read any of the literature of our Founding Fathers. Number two, you've not read any 20th-century history. You're just living in Narnia. By the way, if you're actually living in Narnia, you would be wiser than wherever you're living, because C.S. Lewis was really smart. So I don't know what alternative universe you're living in. You just don't want to face reality that governments tend to get tyrannical and that if people need an ability to protect themselves and their communities and their families.
Now, we must also be real. We must be honest with the population. Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty. Driving comes with a price. 50,000, 50,000, 50,000 people die on the road every year. That's a price. You get rid of driving, you'd have 50,000 less auto fatalities. But we have decided that the benefit of driving speed, accessibility, mobility, having products, services is worth the cost of 50,000 people dying on the road. So we need to be very clear that you're not going to get gun deaths to zero. It will not happen. You could significantly reduce them through having more fathers in the home, by having more armed guards in front of schools. We should have a honest and clear reductionist view of gun violence, but we should not have a utopian one.
You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death. That is nonsense. It's drivel. But I am, I, I 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.
So then, how do you reduce? Very simple. People say, oh, Charlie, how do you stop school shootings? I don't know. How did we stop shootings at baseball games? Because we have armed guards outside of baseball games. That's why. How did we stop all the shootings at airports? We have armed guards outside of airports. How do we stop all the shootings at banks? We have armed guards outside of banks. How did we stop all the shootings at gun shows? Notice there's not a lot of mass shootings at gun shows, there's all these guns. Because everyone's armed. If our money and our sporting events and our airplanes have armed guards, why don't our children?
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I think the resounding quiet yesterday from elected Republicans was from their shocking realization that the violence
mnhtnbb
Sep 11
#3
When this happened, Pat Tillman came to mind. Are we seeing a case of "sacrificial lamb"? I hope not.
Escurumbele
Sep 11
#18
Well, at least it is one bullet that won't get to kill a defenseless kid in a classroom. I shall not weep and consider..
usaf-vet
Sep 11
#42
The regime is making a bigger deal of Kirk than all school shootings put together and throw in Minnesota lawmakers. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 11
#16
Well, somebody is worried about getting into heaven. Wonder how much worrying he is doing and just what all it's about
Attilatheblond
Sep 11
#47
Charlie Kirk had some extremely powerful friends. But he also made equally powerful enemies.
Initech
Sep 11
#24
the lessons of karma and the "golden rule" are basically one and the same. curious that this is reflected also in the
somaticexperiencing
Sep 11
#30
The curse of a nation built on the bloody genocide of its previous inhabitants.
Justice matters.
Sep 11
#31
Republicans are Always willing for OTHERS to make sacrifices that benefit of the Republicans,. I wonder,
Bluetus
Sep 11
#39
Certainly put words to my feelings. I'll save my grief for his innocent children.
Marie Marie
Sep 11
#52
For those posting about Mr. Kirk's statement on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, here is the entire quote
Suite_Me
Sep 11
#58
Moron couldn't get the difference between firearms and motor vehicles. I imagine he got a practical lesson on it ...
marble falls
Sep 11
#66
Nice, but probably more attention and thoughtfulness than Charlie Kirk deserves.
thought crime
Sep 11
#72
Knew nothing good about CK before his passing, and got nothing since his passing, AINTK?
Brainfodder
Sep 12
#92