Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. Much of the left celebrated. Much of the right mourned. The exercise of a right that Kirk fought for ultimately took his life.

I urge the party that has rallied for gun control to use this death as an opportunity for conversation, not for “I told you so.” Let it lead to a deeper debate about national security, our fractured political system and the personal freedoms and sacrifices that come with it. 

No one’s skin is bulletproof. Let’s use this death to talk. 

Maizy Weirich
Orono