He was shot in the neck and is presumably dead, as a staggering loss of blood was reportedly observed.

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    So many things I want to say, but won’t because it’ll probably get me banned…

    So…

    Thoughts and prayers!

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      They say you should only say good things about the dead.

      Charlie Kirk is dead. Good.

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        nah, the mods over at /news are going ban happy if anybody says anything resembling approval of the outcome of this event

        pretty pathetic considering the community and instance rules weren’t broken

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            I guess they just got pissy at me when I called them out on it because they removed one of my comments that wasn’t even as “bad” as a bunch of others I see over there now

            so they’re just pissy little cunts, I guess

            “finally some good news jfc maybe we’re not cooked???” is what they removed as “praising/promoting violence”, which is (1) inaccurate, and (2) not even against the rules of the instance or community

            then I called them out on deleting anti-Nazi comments and they got butthurt

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      Butterfly kisses on that pretty neck.

      America… Legal modern Mafia… he was a fed pawn that got taken out by other pawns of feds.

      This is what it looks like when Americans stage a coup…

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      The most respectful thing we can do is honor his beliefs:

      “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.” - Charlie Kirk

      "“I think empathy is a made up New Age term that has done a lot of damage” - Charlie Kirk

      “Guns save lives” - Charlie Kirk

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      You’re DISGUSTING! SOMEONE was Murdered with a GUN! HAVE SOME RESPECT!

      We’re talking about Charlie Kirk and NOT the School Shootings right? I NEED to make sure I’m on the Right Topic!

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    Saw the video and ya… he won’t be walking that one off. Medical science has come a long way but that’s testing the limits.

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      I can’t find video since everything is flooded with news people talking about it and won’t show the actual footage. Got a link?

      Edit: found one on mastodon. It’s extremely NSFL. Do not watch if even remotely squeamish. I fucking hate that motherfucker and it was still pretty tough to watch. Very lights-out.

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        I saved it, not sure where to post without it getting taken down tho…

        Edit: If anyone wants to see it and can’t find it, message and I can send a link. I don’t want to post it here as it’s probably against the rules. just be forewarned, it is NSFL and shows a lot of blood squirting.

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          That wasn’t squirting. That was a gusher. I doubt he even knew what happened. His hands instantly clenched. Immediate access to the machine elves.

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            It’s too bad that he just suddenly appeared in hell(*) looking around like Confused Travolta. It would have been more just if his brain had had a minute or two to process that after spending his life promoting guns, he was killed by a gun.

            (* Yeah, hell doesn’t exist, but he thought it did)

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        The video is all over the internet. Up close, from far away. It’s snuff. CNN played it. It’s everywhere.

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      I feel like it’s cruel but this should be posterized and waved around his funeral. Maybe the people dressed in black will understand the concept of empathy then, violence really does seem to be the only language a fascist understands.

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        These ass hats tried to make empathy a bad word to give license for them to be evil. But they will lash out and cry when other ppl don’t show them empathy. Fuck 'em.

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    I’m all for gun ownership but you can do better than just accepting mass numbers of deaths.

    Make gun education a serious part of gun ownership. Guns shouldn’t be easily accessible to anyone regardless of training.

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      Americas entire culture around guns needs to change, not just a little bit more training and education.

      People who misuse guns don’t respect them or the power they yield. They views them as toys, and more often than not fuck around and find out.

      Teaching them how to lock a gun up and telling them it’s important won’t change behaviours until people start to respect guns and fear them. Not casually pose with them for Christmas cards with their grandbaby in the room.

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      Indeed. The USA is fairly unique in its gun culture - and violence. Far too casual. A .22 can kill a person, and there’s people driving kids to sports practice with 9mm and larger strapped to their bodies.

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      I don’t understand this line of thought

      Everyone agrees that guns should be harder to access. Everyone agrees that the U.S. is now fascist.

      Why the fuck would we cede control of our guns to a govt. that’s shown it’s incapable of doing anything but subjugating us? Seriously, why the fuck does that occur to any of you sharing this thought?

      It makes me think you’re controlled opposition, genuinely.

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        People have been asking for gun control far longer than trump has been in office. The current acting president won’t sway their opinions on that, but it might sway their opinions how extreme they want the control to be.

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        Op was talking about gun education being a part of gun ownership. They said nothing about giving up guns.

        There’s more to gun control than just taking everyone’s guns.

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    This is what the first img that popped up when I searched “charlie kirk meme”

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    Is it odd that I am kinda stuck on the fact he was not shot in the head? Like all those years of people making his head huge and face small when they missed out on the guys neck.

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        Yeah, It was a very damaging shot even still. Just seems off that the guy would get shot in the neck, somehow wrong that it was not in the head. But I think this is just my brain being weird about things.

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      It was clearly a lucky missed shot. Nobody with any training would aim at the neck intentionally. So, the shooter missed the target but still hit a vital spot. Could be they aimed at his head and didn’t account for the Earth’s gravity pulling the bullet down. Or maybe they aimed at his chest and didn’t account for his head’s gravity pulling the bullet up.

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    Seems like he probably deserved it. Probably more than those kids killed in schools yesterday and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the days before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and the day before and

    Correction: I just remembered it was summer vacation recently so there was a brief hiatus of children getting murdered in schools. Sorry for the misinformation.

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    Possibly through the spinal cord. I’ve watched it a few times and its hard to tell. This whole thing has made me emotionless when these horrible people get their karma. I still feel for people that are clearly victims but find it impossible to see someone like him as a victim.