Charlie Kirk Shot

Ron in Regina

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With any luck, the shooters name is never mentioned so he/she gains zero notoriety.
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Kirk's appearance on Wednesday was the first in a planned 15-event "American Comeback Tour" at universities around the country. He often used such events, typically drawing large crowds of students, to invite attendees to debate him live. Before he was shot, Kirk was sitting at what he calls a "Prove Me Wrong" table to field questions from the audience.
 

Ron in Regina

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I may be disgusted by the man and his politics but this; no.
(YouTube & Charlie was the best of us)
(YouTube & CNN’s Attack on Charlie Kirk Just Backfired as New Footage Changes Everything)
 

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The lone perpetrator suspected of firing the single gunshot that struck Kirk in the neck, apparently from a rooftop sniper's nest on campus, remained "at large," said Beau Mason, commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety, at a news conference four hours later.

Security camera footage showed a person believed to be the assailant dressed in all-dark clothing, Mason told reporters. But some eight hours after the killing, authorities said they still had no suspect in custody.

State police issued a statement on Wednesday night saying that two men had been detained, and one was interrogated by law enforcement, but both were released.

"There are no current ties to the shooting with either of these individuals," the statement said. "There is an ongoing investigation and manhunt for the shooter."
 
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The lone perpetrator suspected of firing the single gunshot that struck Kirk in the neck, apparently from a rooftop sniper's nest on campus, remained "at large," said Beau Mason, commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety, at a news conference four hours later.

Security camera footage showed a person believed to be the assailant dressed in all-dark clothing, Mason told reporters. But some eight hours after the killing, authorities said they still had no suspect in custody.

State police issued a statement on Wednesday night saying that two men had been detained, and one was interrogated by law enforcement, but both were released.

"There are no current ties to the shooting with either of these individuals," the statement said. "There is an ongoing investigation and manhunt for the shooter."
Makes you wonder how hard they are looking for this person? Haven't seen any coverage of this manhunt.
 

Ron in Regina

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Makes you wonder how hard they are looking for this person? Haven't seen any coverage of this manhunt.
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Probably pretty hard. Lots of eyes on this, and the day before the anniversary of 9/11. One shot. No shooter so far. No gun found. No shell casing found, etc…
(YouTube & ‘ALL HANDS ON DECK': FBI hunts for Charlie Kirk's killer)
 

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While I don't agree with a lot of Charlamange Tha God says, in this he's pretty spot on.

"Radio host Charlamagne Tha God enrages MAGA world by telling the blunt truth about the Charlie Kirk assassination, condemning it as horrific while also pointing out that the right-winger "understood the price" of his beliefs.

Before grabbing pitchforks, people need to listen to Kirk in his own words...

"Everybody is just assuming this is political violence and it quite possibly it is, matter fact I'm sure it is, but you know what else it is? Gun violence," Charlamagne said on "The Breakfast Club."

"Okay, these nutjobs who don't believe in freedom of speech clearly believe in their right to bear arms and because of the lax gun laws in America they are able to get firearms to carry out these violent acts," he continued.

"Now, let the record show that when I heard what happened to Charlie Kirk yesterday, I immediately felt fear. Okay? I was afraid. I'm a Black man in America, I think about getting shot every day," he went on. "But guess what? Every American should think about getting shot every day when you're out and about in a public place simply because it's been zero days since a mass shooting happened in this country."

Kirk, a hardcore pro-gun demagogue who made a living stoking racial and gender divisions, was shot and killed at a speaking even at Utah Valley University, seemingly with a high-powered long range rifle. The shooter is still at large thanks to the deeply incompetent MAGA hacks that now run the FBI.

"But my personal fear was also because I'm a media personality," Charlamagne said. "I don’t want to live in a country where media personalities are being shot and killed for their opinions or what they believe, but I also know that as much as we like to point to the First Amendment and say we all have freedom of speech, we are not free from the consequences of said speech."

“That’s why mindfulness of what we say is very important, because there is a cost to everything that comes out of our mouth. And unfortunately, we don’t get to set the price," he continued.

"And I must say, Charlie Kirk understood the price of our freedoms more than most,” said Charlamagne before playing a clip of Kirk that has gone viral in the wake of the tragic killing.

"You will never lived in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death. That is nonsense. It's drivel," said Kirk. "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 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."

If Republicans did not habitually block every attempt at sane gun violence out of a need to pander to gun nut voters and firearm manufacturers, Kirk might still be alive. His ideology has created an America that is awash in guns.

"I just wonder when people say things like that, do they think they may be one of those deaths?" said Charlamagne. "Is worth it when one of those casualties is you or someone you love to protect the rights given to us by the Constitution?”

“If they believe they too could be one of those deaths, and they’re cool with that, I respect it so I guess you honor Charlie Kirk by buying more guns — based on that logic yeah — but I don't know about y'all but that sounds kind of ridiculous to me," he added.

“See, even if Charlie Kirk had a gun yesterday, it wouldn’t have protected him,” he continued. "When somebody got the drop on you, they got you. Only thing that could have saved Charlie Kirk yesterday was keeping guns out of the hands of violent extremists like the person who killed him.”

"And the only way to do that is with common sense gun reform," the host concluded."
 

Ron in Regina

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(YouTube & Reacting to Charlie Kirk Being Assassinated)

Finding out live on the air and not sure if it’s real or not. Damn…mid-interview, with Charlie Sheen.
(YouTube & FBI delays Charlie Kirk press conference due to ‘rapid developments’)