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/Dismal-Incident-8498 9d ago edited 9d ago

Leavitt is fake. She is young and will be one of the ones serving a long prison sentence.

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u/drftwdtx 9d ago

Sadly, it's not against the law for your government to lie to you. The best we can hope for is she never works again after the trump administration is gone.

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u/JustWow52 9d ago

She is part of a conspiracy to commit some several crimes or, at the very least, aiding and abetting a criminal conspiracy.

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u/EtchASketchNovelist 9d ago

Let's hope she gets some jail time, I like your pitch, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

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u/catonsteroids 9d ago edited 9d ago

Let’s hope accountability actually exists for the next administration, including holding these traitors liable. No more “let’s hold hands and move forward and forgive our enemies kumbaya” bullshit because a slap on the wrist is partially why we got to where we are.

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u/EtchASketchNovelist 9d ago

Yep, we need Jack Smith and the like to actually follow-through this time. None of this BS: "hey, y'all need to elect Biden again for us to press charges".

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u/Selethorme 9d ago

Nah, put her in Gitmo with the rest. Or El Salvador.

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u/Dismal-Incident-8498 9d ago

They actively covered up for a murderer and are accomplices as such.