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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Reflections on a political murder [1]
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Date: 2025-09-17
John Ganz/Unpopular Front:
Reflections on Violence
Two Reasons for Kirk's Murder
There are two reasons Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah on Wednesday: One is the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution; The other is the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The simple fact is this: the only state that could guarantee that something like Kirk’s murder never occurs again would be felt, with justification, to be an intolerable tyranny by nearly everyone in this country.
To those who say, “Guns are the issue,” I say, get real:—Charlie Kirk was killed with a bolt-action hunting rifle, not with an assault rifle. Even the most modest attempts at reasonable gun control have failed. There is no conceivable world in which there would be a powerful movement in this country to ban the types of guns that millions and millions of Americans consider to be a natural part of their lives, as normal as an automobile or a refrigerator. And even if they did, the judiciary is attached to an extremely expansive notion of 2nd Amendment rights and would strike it down. Even in countries with stringent gun control, these are the very types of weapons that are permitted. Out of respect for my fellow citizens and their liberty, I would not take them away even if I could.
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