Earlier today, conservative personality and prominent Trump ally Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at a Utah Valley University event.
This Resurfaced Video Of Charlie Kirk Explaining Why He Thinks Gun Deaths Are “Worth It” Is Going Viral
Donald Trump announced news of his passing on Truth Social, writing, “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.”
In light of these events, Kirk’s vocal pro-gun stance is being reexamined.
One moment from 2023 is going particularly viral. In a resurfaced videofrom a Turning Point USA event, Kirk says, “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. Fifty thousand 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…is worth the cost of 50,000 people dying on the road.”
We need to be very clear that you’re not going to get gun deaths to zero. It will not happen,” he continues. “But 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.”
He goes on to suggest that efforts to stop shootings should include more armed guards at locations and events.
Video of Kirk’s 2023 talk has reached millions of new viewers, many of whom are leaving comments saying the speech “aged like milk.”