"There's nothing funny about it. Oh, now you've tested me! I mean, there's nothing funny about it? You can't say there's nothing funny about it, now there's nohing fun. No, don't say that, because as a comedian I'm sure there's something funnier about it! The guy was shot while defending guns! Do you understand how? I'm not even writing that as a joke, as a human you have to admit that is an incongruous funny thing that happens."
"STUDENT: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years? CHARLIE KIRK: Too many. STUDENT: It's five. Now five is a lot, I'm going to give you credit. Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years? CHARLIE KIRK: Counting or not counting gang violence? (FATAL GUNSHOT)"
A parade of social videos captured Charlie Kirk's fatal shooting, including an exchange where a student cited five transgender mass shooters and Kirk responded about counting gang violence. Trevor Noah used the incident in a comedy bit, highlighting the perceived incongruity of someone advocating for guns being shot while defending them and presenting that incongruity as dark humor. Megyn Kelly criticized the bit on her radio show, calling it dreadful and arguing Noah's remarks were about transgender people rather than focusing on guns. The incident prompted debate over comedy boundaries, gun violence, and the role of identity in public reactions.
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