"You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that."
"Americans cannot bring a gun to just "any sort of protest that you want,""
"Pretti's Second Amendment rights "don't count" because, in Bovino's view, he was obstructing law enforcement officers."
"I've encountered countless police while I've been armed, and never been shot. The presence of a firearm, by itself, is not an indicator of a criminal intent or a threat to law enforcement,"
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot to death by federal agents in Minnesota after encountering law enforcement while legally carrying a firearm under Minnesota law. Republican and Trump administration officials defended the agents and suggested exceptions to Second Amendment protections in that situation. President Donald Trump and senior officials stated that people "can't" bring guns into certain encounters, and Border Patrol leadership said Pretti's rights "don't count" if he was obstructing officers. The positions contrasted with earlier praise for Kyle Rittenhouse's acquittal, prompting criticism from far-right figures, the NRA, and gun rights advocates who argue a firearm's presence alone is not proof of intent to threaten.
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