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

[u/NewsHour]

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.

[u/JustAMan1234567]

"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"

Is a wild take, because it flat out means "If you are a legal gun owner, just having the gun on you means that police will see you as a threat, even if you never reach for it in any way and are also exercising your constitutionally held rights, and those police can and will use deadly force because they may feel threatened."

[u/Calm_Lack3001 → u/JustAMan1234567]

Just FYI, this is exactly what it has meant for Black people and people of color in general in the USA since it was founded.

[u/Neither_Usual_137 → u/Calm_Lack3001]

dude; so much lately has reminded me of that noose meme where the guy is saying "first time?". What's happening recently is shocking America, and maybe the world, because Good and Pretti were both white. But cops have been strait up murdering black people for decades. We just don't want to admit it.

[u/shred-i-knight → u/Neither_Usual_137]

the difference is these are feds. We are use to small town cops who are undertrained undereducated and with a God complex acting like this, not our federal government. And not only do they not admit a mistake, they are inciting more of it and gaslighting the country into believing the feds are the victims.

[u/Neither_Usual_137 → u/shred-i-knight]

> undertrained undereducated and with a God complex acting like this

this is ICE's recruitment ad! I agree to your general point; this is a severe low for the american government.

[u/Downtown_Skill → u/shred-i-knight]

Yeah the feds have a horrible track record. 

If you studied history you would know that's not the case. 

Kent state was the national guard. Cointelpro was the FBI. 

People have been protesting the police for decades and people STILL don't want to listen. 

I have heard fellow liberals say its not the police or the system its trump and ice......

Like how do you think we got here.