The nation is still reeling from the assassination of Charlie Kirk — a conservative voice who spent his career engaging in debate and conversation, not violence.

Yet as the facts about the shooter come into focus, the left has already begun its familiar playbook: muddy the waters, exploit the tragedy, and call for more gun control.

What We Know About the Shooter

The assassin has been identified as 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson of Utah. And while the leftist media machine is quick to note that Robinson’s family had a history of being staunchly Republican, the facts about his own life and worldview tell a very different story.

• Robinson held anti-fascist, leftist views, reflected in the bizarre engravings he left on ammunition casings, including slogans like “Hey fascist! Catch! ↑→↓↓↓” (a reference to the video game Helldivers 2) and “Oh bella ciao” (an anti-fascist anthem).
• He was gay and in a relationship with a transgender partner, confirmed by Utah Governor Spencer Cox.
• The recovered .30-06 Mauser hunting rifle was linked to Robinson. It was found wrapped in a towel in the woods near the campus.

This was not the work of a conservative gun owner — this was the work of a radicalized young man acting out his own twisted ideology.

The Left’s Double Standard

Instead of acknowledging Robinson’s actual background, the left has tried to paint him as conservative by pointing to his parents’ Republican registration.

It’s dishonest spin designed to fit their narrative.

Meanwhile, some on the left have mocked and celebrated Charlie’s death, even as they shamelessly exploit the tragedy to push their anti-gun agenda.

And once again, their answer is “assault weapons bans” and new restrictions on law-abiding Americans — even though Robinson didn’t use an “assault weapon” at all.

He used a bolt-action hunting rifle chambered in .30-06 Springfield — the very same caliber used by millions of Americans every deer season.

David Hogg and the Left’s Exploitation Playbook

Gun control activist David Hogg recently declared on social media that if he were ever killed by a “right winger,” he wanted his death exploited “before [his] blood runs cold” to pass as many gun laws as possible.

He even called for raising money to primary Democrats who don’t support new restrictions.

Hogg’s comments strip away any pretense: this isn’t about safety. It’s about seizing power and confiscating guns.

The left doesn’t just want “assault weapons” banned. They want all guns banned — from AR-15s to hunting rifles to the very handguns millions of Americans rely on for self-defense.

Chris McNutt, President of Texas Gun Rights, responded bluntly:

“Hogg admits what we’ve known all along: the gun control lobby will exploit every tragedy, real or imagined, to strip Americans of their rights. This isn’t about saving lives. It’s about pushing a dangerous confiscation agenda.”

The Real Problem

The truth is plain and simple: we don’t have a gun problem. We have an evil problem.

Evil in the heart of a man will find a way to do violence — with a rifle, a knife, or even his bare hands.

Legislation can’t fix that. As Scripture says: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9)

And again, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.” (Matthew 15:19)

You cannot legislate morality. You cannot paper over wickedness with new restrictions on law-abiding citizens.

Passing another gun ban is nothing more than removing one destructive tool from a dangerous person — while leaving the dangerous person himself free to wreak havoc.

What America needs isn’t another law written in Washington, D.C. What America needs is a revival of faith and morality. What America needs is Jesus Christ in the hearts of her people.

Closing Word

Charlie Kirk chose debate over violence. His assassin chose violence over truth. That’s the difference between conservatism and the radical left.

And even for those who do not share the Christian faith, the truth remains: there is no place for violence in American politics. Our Republic gives us the four boxes of liberty — the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and finally the ammo box.

When radicals abandon the first three and leap to the fourth, it signals a dangerous state for our nation. If we wish to preserve liberty, we must return to persuasion, civic participation, and justice — not bullets fired at our political opponents.

“Charlie lived by the soap box, engaging opponents in honest debate. The left celebrates when violence silences that voice — but we cannot let them normalize political bloodshed” Chris McNutt said. “If America loses the soap box, the ballot box, and the jury box, then all that’s left is the ammo box. That is a road no free people should ever want to travel” McNutt continued.

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