Florida lawmaker Steve Cody is facing calls to resign after he said that Charlie Kirk was a "fitting sacrifice" to gun manufacturers following the conservative activist's assassination at a Utah college this week.

"Charlie Kirk is a fitting sacrifice to our Lords: Smith & Wesson. Hallowed be their names," he wrote on Facebook in a now-deleted post. Smith & Wesson is a well-known manufacturer of firearms.

Cody, a councilman in the Miami-Dade village of Palmetto Bay, told Newsweek : "I will not be resigning."

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Kirk's death has provoked strong reaction online, with some prominent MAGA figures blaming the "radical left" for his death and even calling for "war," while some critics of Kirk and his views have celebrated his death .

His shooting, along with the reactio

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