"Seconds prior to the shooting, Kirk was being asked about the number of trans people involved in mass shootings - a topic that has become a key conservative talking point since the recent Minneapolis shooting. "Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?" an audience member asked Kirk, in a video seen by PinkNews. "Too many," Charlie Kirk said in response."
"In recent months, the right-wing conspiracy theory that trans people - who make up around just 0.6 per cent of the US population - are more likely to commit violent acts like mass shootings has been gaining popularity with conservatives, despite the fact it has been frequently disproven. Figures from The Violence Project's database of mass shootings - which collates data from the more than 190 mass shootings carried out since 1966 - has shown cis men, not trans"
Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck while giving a talk at Utah Valley University on 10 September and was believed to have been killed by a single bullet fired from the roof of a nearby academic building. He was hosting a "Prove Me Wrong" debate when a question about transgender involvement in mass shootings preceded the gunshot. Video shows Kirk jolting and collapsing with blood visible as students screamed and fled the open-air event. Right-wing claims that trans people are likelier to commit mass shootings have increased in prominence despite data showing cisgender men account for the majority of such attacks.
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