Re: Charlie Kirk was no saint
Baxter <[email protected]>
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burch cassidy <[email protected]> wrote in news:20250915.062717.7585c153 @msgid.frell.theremailer.net: > On 14 Sep 2025, Baxter <[email protected]> posted some > news:[email protected]: > >> Fox News Howard Kurtz Declares Charlie Kirk 'Wasn't a Saint' >> A Fox News host drew fire from inside the network for suggesting that >> conservatives may be going too far in their efforts to immortalize >> far- right activist Charlie Kirk after he was brutally murdered >> earlier this week. >> >> âCharlie Kirk was not a saint,â network mainstay Howard Kurtz said >> during a Sunday panel on his show, Media Buzz. âHe said two years ago, >> itâs worth [it] to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths >> every single year so we can have the Second Amendment,â he went on, >> adding that âhis murder makes this feel like a very dangerous time.â >> >> >> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/fox-news-war-as-host-declares- >> charlie-kirk-wasn-t-a-saint/ar-AA1MwJtY > > You could say the same thing about cars. Are we going to get rid of > them? > > No. > > In 2023, 40,901 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the United > States. > > According to the CDC, there were 46,728 gun-related deaths in the U.S. > in 2023, the most recent year for which full data is available. This > includes suicides, homicides, and other gun-related fatalities. > > Breakdown of 2023 gun deaths: > Suicides: 27,300 deaths (58% of the total) > Murders: 17,927 deaths (38% of the total) > Other: 1,401 deaths (3% of the total), including those involving law > enforcement, accidents, and undetermined circumstances. > > Medical errors result in roughly 250,000 to 251,000 deaths annually in > the United States. > > However, this number is an estimate; some studies suggest the figure > could be as high as 400,000 or even more, while other reports indicate > lower numbers. > > Should we get rid of doctors? > Cars have a daily utility that guns lack. Doctors try to save people, guns are designed for killing.