Charlie Kirk once said about guns that "it's worth having the cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." He described this as a "prudent deal" and rational, accepting that gun deaths are a cost to preserving the right to bear arms. Kirk argued that the benefits of gun rights outweigh the downsides, proposing that increasing gun ownership could help reduce gun violence by providing security, including for children.
This quote has resurfaced notably after Kirk himself was tragically shot, drawing attention to his controversial stance on guns and the Second Amendment.
