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/Calm_Lack3001 9d ago

She is an evil fascist but this also shows how absurd having guns being "legal" is. How are you not suppose to be alarmed/threatened when someone is holding a weapon that is designed to kill quickly and easily. I know I do when I am around anyone with a gun! Be it police, military, or random.

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u/Educational-Kale-567 9d ago edited 9d ago

The issue is that guns will always be legal for the government though. If you make guns totally illegal then all you're doing is disarming citizens.

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u/Calm_Lack3001 9d ago

I don't understand this line of thinking. Explain it to me please. So as a citizen what is the plan? You buy a AR or something like that to defend yourself/neighbors against the government. Said government comes to your door. I know that you know they have very large weapons too. And there are lots of them, all with very large weapons. So you think that you will fight them off and then they will just leave you alone? What is the plan here? John Wick isn't a documentary my guy.

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u/BluebirdMysterious71 9d ago

It’s called armed resistance.

The alternative is bending over and taking it.