This chapter is now part of the complete Murder in the Culture War essay.
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If Part 2 showed us how the Charlie Kirk shooting went down, then this is where we pry open the why. Not the big-picture ideology just yet — we’ll get there later — but the small, physical clues left behind. The rifle. The ammunition. The engravings.
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