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muriel_volestrangler

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8. No, that is not "akin". She is no way tried to "justify" the murder.
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:06 AM
Saturday
Her posting was a widely-reported quote by Kirk, who was killed by a single rifle shot while he was talking to students, in which Kirk supported the 2nd Amendment’s right to bear arms: “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. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.’ – Charlie Kirk. Thoughts and prayers,” the lawsuit said.

Vaughn further posted, “[T]he WHOLE point here is that any time someone is killed fits [sic] a tragedy. Even someone I may not like. Even someone I disagree with. But instead of accepting it, why don’t we do something about it?” In further comments, (Vaughn) made clear that her comment was, “I disagree with [Kirk] and think today should not have happened. I’m sorry it did,” the lawsuit said.

Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article312176221.html#storylink=cpy

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