gun deaths being "worth it"
Charlie Kirk said
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.
I've never liked that this particular quote is used to drag Charlie Kirk. I think he was awful, had awful politics, and advocated for horrible things.
But this quote, to me, is just not it. It's calloused, sure. It's cold, yes. There were 40,832 gun deaths in 2024
But what about cars? 38,604 deaths
Heart disease: 688,117
Yet we still have cars and we still allow salt in our food.
I'm personally not ready to say it's "worth it". It feels wrong to say that.
But the things we have in this life do not come without a cost. Not car ownership, not salt, and not guns.
I think our gun laws need major reform in the U.S. I don't think Charlie Kirk did. I do think we should have guns though.
I've been pro gun for a long time. Pro gun regulation AND pro gun. And a big part of that, the main part, is for the opportunity to stand against tyranny, something we are facing NOW in America.
I don't want the guns to come out, of course. Violence is abhorrent. But still, it's why I'm pro gun.