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Analysis | What Can Happen When Free Speech Meets Gun Rights? Political Violence
Law Professor Gregory P. Magarian of Washington University in St. Louis says the assassination in September 2025 of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has heightened attention on the relationship between political rhetoric and political violence.
Political violence: What can happen when First Amendment free speech meets Second Amendment gun rights
by Gregory P. Magarian, Washington University in St. Louis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The assassination in September 2025 of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has heightened attention on the relationship between political rhetoric and political violence. Even before police had identified a suspect, President Donald Trump blamed the shooting on the “rhetoric” of the “radical left.” The Trump a…
What ideology led to Charlie Kirk's death? What motivated the assassin? The so-called academic left has not been able to escape political violence for 40-50 years, as they have chosen authors as their favorites who believe that justice and worldly salvation are possible through political violence. In Viszszafogalza, two of our intellectual historians, Gábor Megadja and Attila Károly Molnár, expressed their opinions on whether there is a left-win…
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