This week, conservative personality Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at a Utah Valley University event.
Kirk was a controversial figure, and in light of his passing, many of his most talked-about quotes and beliefs are being resurfaced online. Here are 14 moments of Kirk’s that are going viral once again:
1. At a Turning Point USA event in 2023, Kirk said he thinks gun deaths are “worth it” to have a Second Amendment.
“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... We need to be very clear that you’re not going to get gun deaths to zero. It will not happen. 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 said.
2. On his self-titled radio talk show, Kirk expressed his dislike of the word “empathy.”
