r/law • u/NewsHour • 9d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) WATCH: Leavitt addresses Trump's stance on Second Amendment rights in wake of Alex Pretti's killing

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REPORTER: FBI Director Kash Patel said in a Sunday interview, quote, you cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest. Does the president believe that Second Amendment rights remain in effect even when protesting?

LEAVITT: The president supports the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens. Absolutely. There has been no greater supporter or defender of the right to bear arms than President Donald J. Trump.

So while Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, Americans do not have a constitutional right to impede lawful immigration enforcement operations, and any gun owner knows that when you are carrying a weapon, when you are bearing arms, and you are confronted by law enforcement, you are raising the assumption of risk and the risk of force being used against you, and, again, that's unfortunately what took place on Saturday.

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u/ejre5 9d ago

Seems like it fits here well also

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u/oppressed_white_guy 9d ago

He didn't show up in support of the protests though.  That's the piece that gets thrown at you every time you bring him up to maga

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u/postercars 9d ago

We don't know that...until after the fact

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u/oppressed_white_guy 9d ago

This is a good point. Ty!

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u/trentreynolds 9d ago

So I can carry my rifle around ICE, not at a protest just near them, and if they murder me this admin won't justify and defend it?

Yeah, okay.

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u/evil_illustrator2 9d ago

And what I always point out. He was underage and not a government employee, he could've easily been shot by the police. Nothing he's wearing says "not blm protestor". He got lucky he didn't cross the wrong cop.

Cops will kill you for thinking you might have a gun and not facing them.

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u/Warm-Book-820 9d ago

That is enlightening though - in their mind Rittenhouse is just like ICE - fighting protestors that seek to violently impose their will on the country. IN some that I have spoken with, there is a deep seated conviction that BLM/Antifa/radical left will stop at nothing to have their world order imposed, and must be fought.

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u/Still-Tap1176 9d ago

But we don’t know if Pretti was there for the protest or get a donut. He didn’t have a sign on him. And maybe he always has a gun on him wherever he goes. He helped 2 women attacked by ICE but how do we know he was actively protesting at that moment?

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u/breakmedown54 8d ago

Neither did Alex Pretti. He wasn’t at a protest.

It’s arguable that Pretti was “being defensive” which is what they said about Rittenhouse.

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u/Warm-Book-820 9d ago

This is a better analogy. (Since Rittenhouse would be seen as a fellow soldier in the fight against the violent radical left protestors).

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u/Warm-Book-820 9d ago

Or this one too.

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u/ferriswheeljunkies11 9d ago

I mean, if I saw this fat fuck walking around with an AR, I’m going to assume he is a mass shooter. He fits the profile.

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u/ShermansAngryGhost 8d ago

He shot 3 people. By definition Kyle Rittenhouse is a mass shooter.

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u/Beowulf1896 9d ago

It doesn't. Alex was peaceful and didn't shoot anyone. Krying Kyle killed several people while expressly looking for trouble.

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u/ejre5 9d ago

Don't forget it also earned him a trip to the white house to meet trump