Erika Kirk rejects argument gun violence was the root problem that led to husband's assassination

Erika Kirk Turning Point USA CEO and the widow of conservative icon Charlie Kirk rejected the argument that gun violence was the root predicament that led to her husband's assassination On Wednesday Kirk sat down with journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin to close out The New York Times DealBook Summit a coveted spot that has previously featured luminaries such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Sorkin noted that her husband was slated to appear at the DealBook Summit before his assassination Sorkin announced that the subject of gun violence was something he and Charlie Kirk had often debated in the wake of mass shootings in America He was a real believer as you know in the Second Amendment and I'm curious how you think in the present day about gun violence in America given what happened to him Sorkin revealed It's a thoughtful question Kirk responded And I wouldn't wish upon anyone what I have been through And I backing the Second Amendment as well I do But there's a bigger and much deeper conversation to all of that ERIKA KIRK SHARES EMOTIONAL THANKSGIVING MESSAGE HONORING CHARLIE WHAT REMAINS IS SACRED Kirk noted when visiting college campuses the counselors inevitably say that the top issues students are facing are mental fitness anxiety and depression And what Charlie knew and he was trying to explain to students on campus was that you have to understand that brain fitness is so crucial how you eat how you take care of yourself how you nourish yourself how you rest And to him it was much more deeper and intricate Kirk advised Sorkin And what I've realized through all of this is that you can have you can have individuals that will reliably resort to violence And what I'm afraid of is that we are living in a day and age where they think violence is the cure to them not wanting to hear a different point of view That's not a gun difficulty That's a human deeply human trouble That is a soul matter That is a mental that is a very deeper issue she continued CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND VALUES NEWSKirk also revealed that she had removed all social media from her phone following her husband's murder Social media like countless things it can be used for such good And it can be used for such evil Kirk stated And Charlie and I both intentionally especially after he was murdered I took it all off my phone I don't even have news apps on my phone I have nothing on my phone I let other people post for me and siphon through those comments That is not I do not have the brain space for that and it would not be healthy for me either I get called so a great number of names I genuinely don't care I really don't I narrated you this before when you cast the bloody dead body of the person that you love it pales in comparison to being called x y z She went on to say that while Charlie understood the importance of social media he would also honor the Sabbath and have them turn off their phones each week It did not happen overnight This is something that he leaned into And on Friday night when he would get home from work he would turn off his phone and he would shove it in the junk drawer and he would say Shabbat Shalom shove it in the drawer and he was full Dad mode fooling with the kids sports mode on Saturdays for college football and he could breathe Kirk noted He had this sacred moment to just breathe and to rest and get away from the chatter get away from the world and just have a moment to understand that life is so much bigger than the To-Do list than the small obstacle that you're facing that you'll laugh at five years or five months or five minutes from now And he was really good about that