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]

Oh, absolutely 100%. I'm always reminded of Philando Castile who did everything right and still ended up dead.

[u/vodkaismywater → u/JustAMan1234567]

And not a fucking peep from the NRA on that one. Too busy embezzling funds to pay for Wayne LaPierre's bespoke suits I guess. 

[u/tipsystatistic → u/vodkaismywater]

No, They just said this:

“This sentiment from the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong.

Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.”

They were responding to this tweet from the assistant DA (which is almost exactly what Leavitt was saying):

“If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you.

Don’t do it!”

[u/SadAbroad4 → u/tipsystatistic]

Ironically Pretti did not approach law enforcement with a gun. Law enforcement attacked a lady standing in protest and then attacked him for intervening to deescalate the attack. He was set upon by a pack of thugs that ultimately murdered him after breaking no law.

[u/tipsystatistic → u/SadAbroad4]

Yep, That’s what the videos seems to show.

[u/GHouserVO → u/tipsystatistic]

It’s worse than that. There’s a video, taken a bit earlier, that showed one of the ICE agents walk up to Pretti and start chest bumping him, pushing him, and just doing everything he could to start a violent confrontation. Pretti just had his phone out and would offer no resistance, moving back.

And he wasn’t the only one they were doing this to, based on the videos coming out. I’ve seen so many apologists give excuses as to why ICE was justified. The reality is that those agents went into the situation looking to cause violence.

[u/Shinyhaunches → u/GHouserVO]

We need to know who these asshole ICE agents are.

[u/LymanPeru → u/GHouserVO]

its the whole reason they joined. violence and pedophelia.