The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Remembering Charlie Kirk

Today marks one year since Charlie Kirk was senselessly taken from us.

It’s hard to believe that a full year has passed.

One year since a young husband and father walked onto a college campus to do what he had done countless times before: stand in front of a crowd, take questions, defend his beliefs, and challenge an entire generation to think for themselves.

And one year since a voice that had become impossible to ignore was suddenly silenced.

Charlie Kirk was many things to many people.

But to the freedom movement, he was a force.

He understood something that too many people in Washington never will: freedom survives only when the next generation is willing to fight for it.

That was especially true when it came to the Second Amendment.

Charlie never shied away from defending our right to keep and bear arms -- even when doing so was politically inconvenient.

He understood that the Second Amendment wasn't merely about hunting or sport.

It was about the fundamental right of free people to defend themselves, their families, and their liberty.

Charlie once famously said, "Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty."

Those words are worth remembering today.

Because Charlie understood something else: You cannot preserve freedom by being afraid to defend it.

He spent years traveling to college campuses, debating his opponents, answering hostile questions, and encouraging young Americans to stand up for what they believed.

He helped pull thousands of young people into the conservative movement.

He gave them a voice.

He gave them a platform.

And he gave them the courage to stand up and say, “I believe in freedom.”

That is Charlie Kirk's legacy.

And one year later, that legacy is still alive.

The movement he built continues.

The young people he inspired continue to speak.

And the fight for the Second Amendment continues.

We owe it to Charlie -- and to every American who has sacrificed for our freedoms -- to make sure that fight never ends.

So please take a moment to remember Charlie. Remember his courage, his conviction, and his willingness to walk into the lion's den and defend freedom anyway.

Charlie’s life was cut far too short.

But his impact will last for generations.

May God bless Charlie's family, his children, and everyone who loved him.

And may God bless the United States of America.

For Freedom,


Dudley Brown
President
National Association for Gun Rights

Pointing out the complete irony of Kirk's death isn't mocking him. He was literally deflecting the subject of gun violence to black and brown people when he was gunned down in a school shooting by a white man.

"I think it’s worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God given rights." --Charlie Kirk

He advocated for his own death.

Pilgrim

Illogical nonsense and insensitivity is correct.
Yet it is growing more rampant.

Tom