Illustration: Christine Smith

It was a warm day in Orem, Utah while right-wing agitator Charlie Kirk stood under a tent during his American Comeback tour. He was debating the crowd and was in the midst of discussing mass shootings. An audience member asked Kirk, "Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years," to which Kirk replied, "Too many."   Following up, he was asked, "Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?"   Kirk replied, "Counting or not counting gang violence?" Then a shot rang out. A short while later, Kirk, 31, was pronounced dead at a hospital.   This isn't a column about Kirk.   In the hours following the shooting, as news was scant and the media was hungry for details to splash across

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