The Dumbest Argument Ever Made — or the Most Pathetic?
“He deserved it” echos through the left-wing media
The Dumbest Argument Ever Made — or the Most Pathetic?
By Jim Reynolds | www.reynolds.com
America has heard some pretty dumb arguments in recent years. A quick sampler:
1. We need open borders because the Statue of Liberty told us so.
2. Printing more money makes the economy stronger and doesn’t cause inflation.
3. Cutting police budgets reduces crime. Everybody knows this.
4. Letting repeat criminals walk free without bail somehow lowers crime.
5. Despite her incessant and irritating cackle, Kamala Harris was a serious presidential candidate.
6. Publicly funding NGOs that stir up riots reduces riots.
7. Deporting people who broke into our country is somehow immoral and mean.
8. Taxing the air we breathe in California will stop worldwide climate change.
9. Teaching students not to think for themselves makes them better thinkers.
10.Weaponizing intel agencies against a sitting president is justified if you don’t like him.
11.Making hiring decisions based on the color of a person’s skin is superior to hiring based on merit, achievement, attitude, presentation, and potential.
12.If we tear down statues, history will improve.
13.Physically superior, biological males have a constitutional right to obliterate females in female-only sports. Title IX has outlived its usefulness.
14.Though there have been no documented cases — ever — men can have babies. This is true because we say it is true.
15.It is ok to hire a SCOTUS justice — the highest court in the land — who claims not to know the difference between a man and a woman.
Each of these is ridiculous on its own. But none of them competes with the ultimate howler:
If we take guns from law-abiding citizens, America’s violence will end. Our violence problem is the fault of law-abiding gun owners.
Every Liberty Carries a Cost
This is where logic should take over, but logic has gone missing. Every freedom, every human activity, every liberty carries a cost. Yet only one freedom is singled out as illegitimate.
Cars: Over 40,000 Americans die in traffic accidents every year. We accept that cost because freedom of movement is worth it.
Falls: Around 36,000 die each year from falls, often at home. Nobody is campaigning to ban staircases. Nobody is ordering old people to stop walking. Nobody is saying “you deserved it” if they fall and die.
Pools: Roughly 700 children drown annually in swimming pools. Families don’t drain their pools; they add fences and supervision. They don’t ban swimming pools.
Bicycles: Close to 1,000 people die every year on bikes. We don’t outlaw bicycles; we build bike lanes and wear helmets.
We accept these risks because liberty without risk is not liberty. Life in a free society will never be zero-risk. The only way to achieve that illusion is total control — and that is slavery.
What the Numbers Actually Say: Remember — Less than One Percent
The rhetoric around guns is loud. The numbers are quiet but undeniable.
Roughly 47,000 firearm deaths occurred in the U.S. in 2023.
About 58% were suicides.
Roughly 38% were homicides, overwhelmingly tied to criminal activity, gang violence, and illegal weapons.
Fewer than 1% came from accidents — hunting mishaps, accidental discharges, the rare safety mistake by lawful owners.
That last figure is the shocker: less than one percent. The entire national blame machine is aimed at the category least responsible. Legal, responsible gun owners are singled out and vilified, while the overwhelming sources of gun death — suicide, criminal violence, and illegal firearms — are politely sidestepped.
It’s like blaming Ford for drunk driving, or blaming hammers for vandalism. A tool is not an idea. A tool is inert until wielded by intent.
But before we leave this section, let’s say it one more time: out of 47,000 firearm deaths in America, less than 500 were accidental, and an even smaller share involve lawful gun owners who take rigorous gun safety classes.
That is a fraction of a fraction. Yet they get all the blame from the lying left-wing media.
Why the Second Amendment Matters
Charlie Kirk understood this better than most. He never argued the 2nd Amendment was about deer hunting. He knew it was about freedom itself.
Guns in the hands of free citizens mean the government does not hold a monopoly on power. It means ordinary people retain the ability — and the responsibility — to defend their lives, their families, and their communities.
Conservatives believe in individual freedom, self-determination, and responsibility. That’s why they defend the 2nd Amendment not as a hobby but as a principle.
The Left, by contrast, makes its preference plain: more government, more control, more dependency. And because an armed citizenry is the last barrier to total control, the Left always targets the guns of law-abiding citizens — never the criminals, never the gangs, never the chaos they tolerate.
Charlie insisted that if America surrendered that ground, freedom itself would fall. And he was right.
What Really Killed Charlie Kirk
Yes, Charlie Kirk’s life ended at the barrel of a legally owned firearm ... but let’s tell the truth. A lifeless assemblage of wood, steel, brass, lead, and gunpowder did not brainwash the assassin. It did not fuel his rage, did not scout the rooftop, did not pull the trigger.
What really killed Charlie Kirk was shamelessness weaponized into hate. It was the incessant, pernicious propaganda of the American narrative machine. The drumbeat that tells the young and vulnerable that their enemies are evil, that violence is virtue, that truth is expendable.
That propaganda removed restraint, erased shame, and convinced a broken young man that murder was justified. The gun was the instrument. The lie was the assassin.
The Final Insult
Even after the bullet, the lies didn’t stop. In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death, some rushed not to mourn, but to smear. They twisted his words, invented lines he never said, and used the moment to ridicule him — as if the fault lay with the man in the grave instead of the one who pulled the trigger.
That is not just cruelty. It is the same pattern we see every time: blame the wrong target. Criminals kill, gangs kill, propaganda kills — and yet the blame always lands on the people least responsible. On the law-abiding citizen. On conservatives who insist liberty is worth the risk. On Charlie himself.
The Dumbest, Most Pathetic Argument
So here it is, laid bare: the dumbest, most pathetic argument ever made is that freedom is the culprit. That the Second Amendment, the very clause that secures all the others, is somehow to blame for violence born of crime, corruption, and lies.
It is a lie so backwards it indicts the innocent and excuses the guilty. And it is the argument the Left cannot let go of, because if they admit the truth — that responsibility lies with the criminal, not the Constitution — their entire house of cards collapses.
Charlie knew better. He knew freedom always carries risk, but slavery carries certainty. And he knew the Second Amendment was never about deer — it was about dignity, responsibility, and survival.
The argument against it isn’t just wrong. It’s the dumbest, most pathetic argument ever made.
What Did Charlie Really Say About Guns in America?
To end this, we’ll let Charlie say it in his own words. You be the judge if these words confirm that he “deserved it” — as many on the Left fervently believe.
Here are several quotes from Charlie Kirk about guns, the Second Amendment, and freedom — along with context.
1. “I think it’s worth it 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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”
2. “Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty.”
3. “The Second Amendment is not about hunting. I love hunting. The Second Amendment is not even about personal defense. That is important. The Second Amendment is there, God forbid, so that you can defend yourself against a tyrannical government.”
4. “You will never live in a society when you have an armed citizenry and you won’t have a single gun death. That is nonsense. It’s drivel.”
5. “So we need to be very clear that you’re not going to get gun deaths to zero. It will not happen.”
6. “Most politicians are cowards when it comes to defending why we have a Second Amendment.”
7. “The Second Amendment is there … so that you can defend yourself against a tyrannical government.”
8. “Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty.” (repeat from above, but often quoted because it’s succinct)
Final Words
So let the record show, and let it stand as our answer:
Charlie Kirk never surrendered the truth.
Neither should we.
They killed the man, but not the principle.
Freedom is still armed, and still standing.
Charlie spoke plainly, and they hated him for it.
That’s why his words will outlive their lies.