Snopes: Charlie Kirk once said some gun deaths 'worth it' in order to have Second Amendment

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk said of gun deaths on April 5, 2023, "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."

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In the moments following the Sept. 10, 2025, shooting of Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk in Utah, online users shared an alleged quote from the conservative political pundit about gun deaths. According to those users, Kirk, a staunch supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, once 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."

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Link to tweet

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlie-kirk-gun-deaths-quote/

[Blues Heron]

1. Famous last words, maga-style

[TommyT139]

3. Ironically, his actual last words

...were blaming high rates of mass shootings on "gangs."

Sure, Charlie. Sure.

[Katinfl]

2. What goes around, comes around.

[Ping Tung]

4. God given rights? Which God?

[Silent Type]

5. Seems to me that every gun-humper -- including Democratic gunners -- has made that same rationalization.