Erika Kirk recently appeared for an interview at The New York Times Dealbook Summit. In the interview, she remembered her late husband, who was shot and killed in Utah during a college event in September this year. In the ocnversation, the host pointed out that the TPUSA founder was a big supporter of the Second Amendment.Highlighting that Kirk's life was taken through a gun, Andrew Ross Sorkin sought Erika Kirk's view on "gun violence." He asked whether she still supports the Second Amendment."I have been through it, and I support the Second Amendment as well. Right. I do. But there's a bigger and much deeper conversation to all of that. And it's interesting because if you go onto campus and you ask a counselor, what is the number one or number two thing that these students are facing? They will always say mental health, anxiety, depression. Those are usually the top three," Erika Kirk responded.Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfalLINK🇺🇸 ERIKA KIRK: "IT'S NOT GUNS - AMERICA HAS A SOUL PROBLEM" Erika Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA and widow of Charlie Kirk, closed out The New York Times DealBook Summit with a message that surprised many in the room. When asked about gun violence following her husband’sThe TPUSA CEO attributed the violence issue to mental health. Charlie Kirk's wife noted that the problem was never related to guns but rather a "very deeper issue.""And what I'm afraid of is that we are living in a day and age where they think violence is the solution to them not wanting to hear a different point of view. That's not a gun problem. That's that's a human deeply human problem. That is a soul problem. That is a mental issue; that is a very that is a very deeper issue," she added.Erika Kirk noted that Charlie Kirk knew about the mental wellness issue and often addressed it at his college events.Erika Kirk speaks on forgiving Charlie Kirk's assassinThe TPUSA CEO shocked the world when she forgave her husband's killer in her speech at Kirk's memorial service. In The New York Times interview, Sorkin attempted to understand why Charlie Kirk's wife offered forgiveness to her husband's assassin."Charlie would have forgiven. It's not because you're weak. It's not because you think what the assassin did was 'correct.' That's the exact opposite. Its forgiveness is for those of you who have been wronged, you know what it feels like to forgive someone and in a way where it frees you from a poison and it frees you to be able to think clearly and have a moment where your heart is free and you're not bound to evil and you're not thinking emotionally," Erika Kirk stated.She revealed that forgiving her husband's killer was not pre-planned and there was nothing about this in her notes.Erika Kirk also stated that Charlie Kirk told her that the differences between President Trump and Elon Musk would fade away before Christmas. She added that, however, "it took him being murdered" to unite the two.