Kirk was 100% right on his 2nd amendment quote that is being shared

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You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won't have a single gun death. That is nonsense. It's drivel. But I am, I, I — 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.

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The quote has been shared around as if it's some sort of ironic, karmic justice that Charlie was shot and killed. It's a sign that you're dealing with someone who cannot understand nuance, logic, or argument.

Aside from the fact that his statement is bookended by explanation and suggestions on bringing down gun violence (you can search for yourself, but I'm narrowing it down to this quote because it's been the most commonly posted), his argument rings 100% true. In the statement that preceded this one, Charlie compared it to driving deaths but I think it makes even more sense to apply it to other constitutional rights to really understand the gravity of it:

We don't give up our first amendment rights because people will say things that offend, deceive, or even incite violence. And I'm not talking about the leftist idea that words are violence. We would never entertain the idea that because people can say libelous things that everyone should give up at least some of their right to speech.

We don't give up our fourth or fifth amendment rights because people will get away with crimes that they could otherwise be found guilty of if the state had unlimited authority. The fact is that we understand that, unfortunately, there is a nonzero chance that someone will evade justice because of the rights guaranteed to them by these amendments. And we're ok with that, because we understand that the alternative is worse.

When you start eroding rights because someone will inevitably misuse them, you don't have rights at all. Charlie understood that.