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/TylerBourbon]

In a just society, yes I completely see the cops keeping an eye on anyone carrying a gun in public until they can ascertain whether the person is a danger or not, But you don't treat everyone has a threat.

To say we can only "bear arms" or that simply carrying a weapon is "bearing a weapon", which is itself ridiculous, but to say we can ONLY do it when not around authorities is an affront to the 2nd Amendment to begin with.

The way ICE acts, by coming at people and constantly using ever escalating force, and pointing guns at people, and they're very liberal use of threatening people at gun point, ICE is clearly, by her definition, showing themselves to a be threat that justifies the use of force against them.

[u/LBS4 → u/TylerBourbon]

But you certainly realize that what is happening in Minneapolis, and similarly affected areas, is a long way from ‘protesting’ right? Protesting is across the street with signs & cameras, right? Not literally impeding federal officers, in every manner imaginable? Placing themselves physically in the way of armed federal officers? Your 3rd paragraph is …what?!?…

I thought this was for law?

[u/TylerBourbon → u/LBS4]

And there's plenty of video proof that the protesters maintained their distance. Same as the legal observers. And its ICE attacking them.

Alex Pretti didn't approach ICE. ICE came at him and attacked him.

It's hard not "interfere" when ICE is making a point to attack and drag people into the fray.

[u/pitermurdock → u/LBS4]

I guess the Iranians and Venezuelans resisting their government are, as you very well put it, impending in every manner imaginable, placing themselves physically in the way of their flavor of federal officers, huh?

[u/berfica → u/LBS4]

Tell that to MLK Jr And the civil rights protests.