Free Speech Silenced: Hypocrisy Behind Charlie Kirk Assassination

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on September 10, 2025, while speaking at Utah Valley University. The event drew thousands, but the shot came from a rooftop some 200 yards away in what officials are calling a targeted political assassination. The investigation is ongoing, and as of now, no suspect is in custody.

Charlie Kirk Political Assassination

Utah Governor Spencer Cox didn’t mince words, calling it what it was, a political assassination. Kirk was a high-profile conservative voice, unafraid to debate on campuses across the country, often dismantling arguments with sharp facts and pointed delivery. That made him a target for critics who couldn’t stand to hear him speak.

There were students who would protest that he was coming to their university. They tried to stop him from coming so that no one could attend his question-and-answer platforms. It was just him and a microphone talking about his viewpoints, and he gave audience members a microphone so that they could bring up their questions or their viewpoints. They called it hate speech because they disagreed with him. That was his crime, disagreeing with them.

VIA AP/Tess Crowley/The Deseret NewsThe Immediate Reactions

The internet was fast and cruel. Social media lit up not only with condolences but also with people using Kirk’s own words against him, mocking his death, and celebrating the silencing of a man whose mission was to defend free speech. The ugliness came about bold and strong. From the same judges who point and try to expose the hatred in others, they showed that same disgusting side of themselves.

To be fair, plenty of Democrats condemned the attack outright. They called it disgusting, reprehensible, and wrong. But almost in the same breath, many shifted the conversation to stricter gun laws, saying it’s about time the country did something. It struck an odd chord that seemed very shady because it was not long after the news hit the circuit that the call for stricter gun laws was already circulating as well.

What Gun Laws Do They Want?

Whenever “stricter gun laws” get trotted out in moments like this, it’s worth asking, stricter in what way?

The list normally starts with universal background checks, covering private sales and gun shows. They also want “Red Flag” laws that allow authorities to take guns from people deemed a risk. They’re fighting for limits on magazine capacity, bans on certain types of rifles, stricter licensing, and mandatory training.

The timing of these talking points raised eyebrows. Within hours of the shooting, many seemed to have their Charlie Kirk quotes ready about the Second Amendment, repurposed to steer the conversation toward the same policy battles they were already fighting. To critics, it feels like a manipulation of a horrible tragedy to get what they want. Conspiracy theorists might even be so inclined to see at as orchestrated.

VIA ABC NewsProfiling Charlie Kirk Shooter

When law enforcement profiles a suspect, it’s never an exact science. It’s educated guesswork. They start with what little they know, sketch a personality around it, and refine the picture as new information comes along. Profiles are living documents, not verdicts.

Based on what we do know, it isn’t a stretch to think the shooter was someone who hated what Kirk stood for. Probably a Democrat, or at least left-leaning, who couldn’t stand to hear him speak. Kirk came prepared with facts, stayed consistent, and put plenty of people in their place. That’s exactly the kind of thing that drives his opponents crazy.

In that sense, the shooter wasn’t just attacking a man. He was attacking the principle of free speech itself. And ironically, he may have been someone who advocated for stricter gun control while using a gun to assassinate a father and husband, simply because they didn’t agree on the issues. All that hypocrisy wrapped up into one. If you have to silence your adversary, you already lost the argument.

Imagine how shady that seems when someone from the left shoots someone from the right to spark the gun control conversation again and push it left. I will come back here and rewrite this profile once a suspect is found and it turns out to be the shooter. But I will be surprised if I’m wrong.

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