Charlie Kirk once said this, "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."
—Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA event, Salt Lake City, April 5, 2023 (NDTV)
As expected, the professional left is exploiting the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk to push gun control. The left is twisting his own words for their own gain, to further a liberal agenda — even more so than it has been already.
Charlie was a principled constitutional conservative.
He was opposed to gun control.
He dedicated his life to freedom and ultimately gave his life for it.
To be crystal clear, he never would have wanted his death to be used an excuse to subjugate people or curtail freedoms.
Charlie Kirk in life was right.
In death, he's still right, even more right than ever before.
Guns in the hands of good people preserve and create a better America.
Guns are "worth it."
Charlie was never about Charlie.
He was about America.
He was just like our Founders, who pledged their lives, their liberty, and their sacred honor.
Charlie understood and accepted those same risks. He knew that the defense of liberty is inseparable from the willingness to confront mortal danger.
He understood that the power to wield force in the service of good is what ultimately preserves life, freedom, and the republic itself.
For true patriots, freedom is worth it.
It has been for 234 years.
Since its 1791 ratification to today, the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms has repeatedly proven its worth.
For more than two centuries, Americans have kept their country free and their families safe.
Men like Charlie carried that responsibility in their time.
The facts are stark.
Guns clearly enhance and preserve freedom, protect us, and protect our civil society.
According to the FBI's "Crime in the United States 2024" report, Americans endured roughly 21,000 murders and non-negligent manslaughters, more than one million burglaries, and about 4.4 million violent crimes overall.
Yet the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Academies of Science have repeatedly confirmed between half a million and more than three million annual defensive gun uses.
Even the most conservative end of that range means that armed citizens prevent far more crimes than criminals commit with guns.
The FBI’s own numbers show a 12% year-over-year increase in justifiable homicides by private citizens, reflecting more criminals stopped in the act.
Charlie Kirk understood this.
"Every time a state passes constitutional carry, freedom expands, and violent crime falls. The data proves it. The Second Amendment works when we honor it."— Charlie Kirk, (TPUSA Faith & Freedom Conference keynote, July 2023)
Critics say America is unique in gun ownership.
They are right, but not in the way they intend.
According to the Small Arms Survey and corroborating 2024 U.S. Commerce data, American civilians collectively own more than 450 million firearms.
The combined inventories of the U.S. military and all law-enforcement agencies total roughly 2 million.
No other nation entrusts so much of its ultimate defensive power to its own citizens. That disparity is not a flaw. American sovereignty rests with the people, not the state.
Liberty carries risk, but freedom has never been free. Average 911 response times remain seven to eleven minutes in urban America and longer in rural counties.
Violent assaults unfold in seconds. For a woman facing a stalker, a family awakened by a home invasion, or a shopkeeper confronted by a crew of smash-and-grab looters, the only immediate equalizer is the firearm in a law-abiding citizen’s hand.
"The Founders didn’t write the Second Amendment so deer hunters could buy rifles. They wrote it so moms can protect their kids and citizens can stand up to criminals and tyrants alike."
— Charlie Kirk, Fox News Primetime interview, May 2022
The Second Amendment prevents Americans from being totally helpless when traffickers, cartel operatives, or violent criminal networks expand. Lawful gun owners preserve civil society.
Some Americans including Kirk, paid the ultimate price defending these rights. Confronting intruders, halting shooters, and defending constitutional liberties on campuses are all courageous honorable acts.
Great freedom has always required great courage. Today that courage is alive, louder, and more unyielding than ever.
This ensures that the light of American liberty will burn brighter for generations to come.
American guns protect our liberty and create a greater personal and civil safety for all of us. If some brave souls fall holding that line, their loss is not in vain.
It's the hard price our great nation pays to remain the freest on Earth.
Thank Charlie for protecting our God-given constitutional rights.
Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk. America will never stop.
Thank you for your life and your work.
May God bless you for your legacy.
Host of "Unapologetic with Judd Dunning" on KABC AM 790, Judd Dunning, is a political author, host, pundit, and producer. He's created and hosted political media projects. Judd is a Newsmax regular guest commentator. As an author, he wrote the bestselling Humanix/Newsmax Book "13½ Reasons Why Not To Be A Liberal: And How to Enlighten Others." He's presently in the production of his next book, "13½ Reasons to Love America: How to Stop the Angry Woke Left and Preserve the America We Love." He's represented by Karen Gantz Literary Management (www.karengantzliterarymanagement.com) and for radio and public relations by Sandy Frazier (www.SandyPundits.com) — More Here.