Dan Lanning's Oregon improved to 3-0 in the 2025 season after a 34-14 win over Northwestern on Saturday. During his postgame press conference, Lanning commented on the assassination of prominent right-wing activist and Oregon supporter Charlie Kirk.Kirk was a close ally of former President Donald Trump, who was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking at a university event in Utah. As political tensions between the Left and Right continue, Lanning offered his perspective on the incident."The reality is, there's just not a lot of common sense on both sides. Common sense says, "oh, it's mental health," right? Common Sense, oh, it's guns. You know what? It's both. Let's have some common sense. Our kids should be the most protected thing in the world."They should have armed guards at every school, because there's sick people in this world. And on top of that, sick people need help, and it should be really hard for a sick person to have a gun."Utah Governor Spencer Cox identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. It sparked renewed debate over gun laws in the state, as Utah has some of the nation’s most permissive gun regulations, allowing adults over 20 to carry firearms without a permit,Amid these discussions, Lanning highlighted the need for stricter gun controls for “sick people” and better protection for children in schools."If people can't see that from both sides, how disappointing is that? Lanning quipped. "When you see moments like that that exist right now in our country, I just think about my kids."I remember I saw that video is disgusting, and I just told them I hope my kids don't see that video. Like, how much does that sound? I hope Charlie's kids never see that video. Disgusting, right? And it, we glorify it, we praise it."Dan Lanning reflects on Oregon's performance against Northwestern In Saturday’s game, Oregon jumped out to a 31-0 lead by the third quarter, but the Ducks’ offense was held under 400 total yards by Northwestern’s defense. On the defensive side as well, Oregon’s performance was slower than in their previous two games.After the game, Dan Lanning shared his thoughts on the program's showing.“I thought we lacked a little killer instinct there at the end, and our standard can’t change," Lanning said (via Oregon Live). "I want to give a lot of credit to Northwestern. I thought they came out here with a good plan. They executed well on their side of the ball and outside of some turnovers I think they were right in this game."But they had a good plan for us, they executed it well. I thought we came up with some answers and were able to create some things there, especially early in the second half, create some of our run game that we needed to have in this game."Oregon will next face its in-state rival, Oregon State, on Sept. 20.