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Kid Berwyn

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28. "When do we get to use the guns?"
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:58 PM
Wednesday

A man at a local event by Turning Points USA asked, just hours after the Boise Towne Square shooting, asked Charlie Kirk when he would get to start killing political opponents.



‘When do we get to use the guns?’ The police should be able to take that guy’s guns.

BY BRYAN CLARK
The Idaho Statesman, OCTOBER 28, 2021

Excerpt…

The main speaker was Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Points. Kirk’s hucksterism is obvious. He is a traveling salesman at heart.

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According to the nonprofit organization’s tax filings, Kirk was paid about $330,000 last year. Turning Points reported earning about $10.3 million from fundraising events, more than a quarter of its total revenue for 2020.

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The man, claiming the state had fallen into tyranny, asked Kirk: “When do we get to use the guns?” — to applause and cheers from many in the audience.

Then, to remove any doubt that this aspiring Brownshirt wasn’t being metaphorical or facetious but was, in fact, asking when to start murdering political opponents, he continued: “That’s not a joke. I’m not saying it like that. I mean, literally, where is the line? How many elections are they going to steal before we kill these people?”

Kirk did not respond with a simple message like: “Terrorism is wrong. You shouldn’t do it.” Instead, he cast political violence as a tactical blunder. It would play into the hand of the same hidden media-deepstate-Democrat forces trying to institute tyranny by installing Joe Biden as president, he claimed.

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https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article255354321.html

This arming American youth with automatic weapons and crazy ideas is intentional -- led by the rabid and corrupt right on the US Supreme Court.

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All I have to say is [View all] EarlG Wednesday OP
All I have to say is - "DON'T TAKE TYLENOL" walkingman Wednesday #1
DURec leftstreet Wednesday #2
Those guys look like they should be driving those old little Toyota pickups. twodogsbarking Wednesday #3
+1,000,000,000,000,000 highplainsdem Wednesday #4
Excellent post. sheshe2 Wednesday #5
I'm sure you could probably find even more examples too. llmart Wednesday #6
It's why both-siders keep having to go back to 2017 BaronChocula Wednesday #7
The guy who shot Scalise? Was he really a Democrat? I don't think so. Walleye Wednesday #12
His affiliations were a lot less clear BaronChocula Wednesday #22
What got me about the whole thing, was that Scalise was still pro-gun after he nearly died Walleye Wednesday #26
That got me, too! What does it take?! Rhiannon12866 Wednesday #29
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I recall... GiqueCee Wednesday #15
To be clear EarlG Wednesday #16
I think we're in agreement n/t BaronChocula Wednesday #23
You make a great point EarlG odins folly Wednesday #39
Great. OP malaise Wednesday #8
Thank you EarlG. Now how do we get this on the front page of every newspaper? 1WorldHope Wednesday #9
Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Wednesday #36
People still read newspapers? progressoid Wednesday #42
thank you for this. I think this kind of summary is also the responsibility of MSM outlets, pundits, newsrooms wiggs Wednesday #10
Epic Grim Chieftain Wednesday #11
Amen. Wednesdays Wednesday #13
And the threat is REAL BurnDoubt Wednesday #14
KnR Hekate Wednesday #17
republicans want a war mountain grammy Wednesday #18
Mentally ill and heavily armed IronLionZion Wednesday #19
Another submission for your OP... PunkinPi Wednesday #20
Interested to know the reaction if she was a Democrat. BurnDoubt Wednesday #38
By her own party's standards, Winsome Earle-Sears is super DEI. Norrrm Thursday #51
K & R! Thank you EarlG FakeNoose Wednesday #21
Well said Mr. G Botany Wednesday #24
Perspective... littlemissmartypants Wednesday #25
RW media flipped that Bundy time pic as being a Federal agent underpants Wednesday #27
"When do we get to use the guns?" Kid Berwyn Wednesday #28
bookmarked proud patriot Wednesday #30
Well said Wild blueberry Wednesday #31
The generation that grew up in a hail of gunfire is old enough to take up arms. Queso Delicioso Wednesday #32
Well said!!! mzmolly Wednesday #33
K & R Permanut Wednesday #34
Thank you for that stark reminder, Earl. peggysue2 Wednesday #35
Thank you! yellow dahlia Wednesday #37
Exactly right. WestMichRad Wednesday #40
BINGO pbmus Wednesday #41
The Justice Department needs to do a detailed study on domestic violence. Gimpyknee Wednesday #43
GOP - GunsOverPeople red dog 1 Wednesday #44
K&R spanone Wednesday #45
I'm confused. If 2A violence may be necessary to stand up against a tyrannical government... Martin Eden Wednesday #46
This is a gun control issue as much as anything. The GOP has promoted and defended applegrove Thursday #47
Nothing says "Peace on Earth" and celebrating the birth of Jesus,Prince of Peace like political leaders posing on their KitFox Thursday #48
K&R mdbl Thursday #49
K&R ck4829 Thursday #50
"when our government becomes tyrannical..." Norrrm Thursday #52
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