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Bill Wyman Contributor September 11, 2025 — 3.30pm

Charlie Kirk died from an assassin’s bullet while discussing gun violence. At a university rally in central Utah on Wednesday afternoon, US-time, the youthful conservative firebrand and brilliant MAGA organiser was taking questions. He delighted in being confronted with arguments from the left, which he could then demolish, to the delight of his young and appreciative audience.

Video posted on social media of the moment is a bit hard to hear, but the questioner says: “Do you know how many massacres there have been in America over the last 10 years?”

Riposted Kirk: “Counting or not counting gang violence?”

It was a nice feint. Mass murders by mentally disturbed people using pistols and rif

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