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Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment [2023]
(www.newsweek.com)
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This is obviously not LAMF.
If someone said "it's unfortunate that some people die in car crashes, but that doesn't mean we should ban cars", and then they're killed by a drunk driver, would you call that LAMF? Was that person advocating for people to be killed in car crashes?
Obviously not.
In this case it would be akin to someone arguing that you should be allowed drink and drive getting hit by a drunk driver.
No it wouldn't, that's a false analogy.
He didn't say you should be allowed to shoot people and/or use a gun in any unlawful way (which is what's analogous to 'drink and drive'), he said you should be allowed to own a gun (which is what's equivalent to owning a car).
He literally said that we have to accept people are going to be shot and killed in the name of gun rights though
That's not the same as advocating for killing other people with guns, which is what he would have had to do for him being killed by a gun to be a LAMF.