The biggest shock when news broke of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk's assassination last week was that I wasn't shocked at all.

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With an average of 120 Americans dying from gun violence every single day and a long and sorry history of political assassination, it seemed to me a case of business as usual. Of course, Kirk's killing is deplorable, but in a country wedded to its guns, it's hardly surprising.

On the same day, but garnering only a tiny fraction of the saturation coverage devoted to Kirk, 16-year-old Desmond Holly opened fire in a Denver high school, wounding two students befo

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