Mauser: Not Likely Weapon
Stephen Gardner and RET. Col Daniel Davis go deep into the Charlie Kirk investigation gaps. The FBI is holding back lots of video, photos, cell phone data, forensic analysis, ballistic report, autopsy report and more. Are they safeguarding evidence for the trial of Tyler Robinson, or just stonewalling and lying, as the agency has done repeatedly over the year.
The biggest gap is the gun. It’s highly likely the bullet fired did not come from a .30 06 Mauser rifle or it would have blown a huge hole out of the side of Kirk’s neck. Questions remain as well about the shooter, the firing location and the diversions in the aftermath of the blast. Here’s more from Daniel Davis’ show Deep Dive.
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, there have been more than 75,000 requests for new Turning Point USA chapters and many conservative commentators have written about his legacy and achievements. But what hasn’t been remarked about enough is, “What was the essence of his appeal to young voters?” asks Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
The answer? Charlie Kirk understood that young people, by their very nature, are rebellious. He wanted to take their natural skepticism and point it toward the establishment, which, today, is composed of the corporate media, higher ed, and baby boomers who never got over the 1960s and ’70s.
“So what was the secret to his success? I think what he did was quite brilliant. He understood that young people are, by nature, rebellious. They always, as—you’re full of energy. They’re full of hormones. They’re full of ideas. They haven’t lived a long time. And they question authority. That’s innate to all of us at that age,” says Hanson.
