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The full quote, said by conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a 2023 Turning Point USA event, is: “I think 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”
The statement was made on April 5, 2023, during an appearance at Awaken Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. A full version of the quote, as reported by Media Matters, includes an additional sentence: “That is a prudent deal. It is rational”.
The quote resurfaced in September 2025, following Kirk’s assassination at a university in Utah.
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