Gina Tried to Warn Us

That single post led Disney to fire Gina Carano from her role as the beloved “Kara Dune” in The Mandalorian. She was accused of promoting Nazi propaganda, when in truth she was sounding an alarm — an alarm that has only grown louder since the assassination of Charlie Kirk last week.

Her warning was about dehumanization. Not government agents at first, but neighbors, classmates, co-workers — ordinary people convinced to hate others for their beliefs.

My nephew experienced this firsthand. He was on campus that day. Though he didn’t witness the shot itself, what he saw chilled him to the bone: fellow students taking cover yet celebrating the assassination. Later, at his workplace, he saw co-workers do the same.

What shook him was the realization that if those people knew he agreed with Charlie Kirk, they would likely want him dead too. That moment drove home Carano’s warning — hatred doesn’t start with governments. It starts with neighbors who stop seeing you as human.

This is what happened in Germany in the 1930s. And today it is happening again — not only toward Jews, but toward Christians, conservatives, and anyone who dares to stand for truth. The contempt for life is staggering. You may not have agreed with Charlie Kirk, but does that justify celebrating his death — or, as some vile voices have suggested, wishing the same on his family?

The hard reality is this: the same people who call for disarming you are the same people who want us dead. They see us as less than human because of our beliefs. That is why the Second Amendment matters. It is not a relic of history. It exists to protect us from all threats — foreign and domestic — and from those who would strip us not only of our freedoms but of our very lives.

We are facing a real, present, and growing threat. Now is not the time for silence. Now is the time to stand firm — in truth, in faith, and in defense of the freedoms God has given us.