Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

The real reason Charlie Kirk was killed America are we great yet? #charliekirk #rip #us #gunviolence

12 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In a brief dialogue, Speaker A asks how many mass shooters have occurred in the United States over the past decade, explicitly wondering whether to include gang‑related incidents. Speaker B answers with a sweeping social critique: he questions whether guns themselves or the people who wield them are the problem, suggests that hatred, fear, and social isolation—conditions he previously discussed in a TED Talk about feeling unseen—drive individuals to commit shootings. He dismisses the notion that mental illness alone explains the violence, frames the issue as a symptom of a broader societal failure, and concludes that America is far from being "great" despite political rhetoric.

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Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years? Counting or not counting gang violence.
So America, are we great yet? Because it sure in the hell doesn't look like it. Politicians shot, radical hate monger shot, children in school shot. So are the guns the problem or are people using the guns the problem? Might it be both? It's not always mental illness unless you call hatred or fear a mental illness. Like I said in my TED Talk, When people don't feel seen or heard, they are disconnected. They feel isolated and disconnected. And a disconnected and hurt person with a means to hurt other people will seize their opportunity to shoot, of course. So no, America, we ain't great yet. In fact, we're far, far, far, far from it.