Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and CEO of Turning Point USA, pushed back against the idea that gun violence was the central issue behind her husband’s murder. Charlie Kirk, 31, was fatally shot in the neck on September 10 during a campus event in Utah. The alleged shooter, Tyler Robinson, is in custody.

Speaking with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin at the closing session of The New York Times DealBook Summit on December 3, Erika reflected on debates Charlie often had about gun violence and the Second Amendment in the aftermath of mass shootings.

Sorkin asked how she viewed gun violence today.

Erika called it a “thoughtful question" but insisted the issue went beyond firearms.

“I support the Second Amendment," she said. “But there’s a bigger and much deeper conver

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