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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speech at Utah Valley University.

Ray Marcano is a frequent Columbus Dispatch contributor.

We cannot forget.

That’s our problem.

We forget.

Charlie Kirk , 31, was shot and killed in cold blood on Wednesday during a speech at Utah Valley University. His death comes less than two months after a man ambushed and slaughtered Minnesota House of Representatives Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called Kirk's Sept. 10 death a political assassination.

By and large, we’ve forgotten about the Hortman’s shooting, and we don’t even talk about the two Trump assassination attempts that much.

We forget.

When we forget, we ignore the devastating consequence

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