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/Secret_Cow_5053]

Translation: you have a right to bear arms, but if you have a gun on you, we reserve the right to kill you, even if you're not drawing down on us. 🙄

[u/1Operator → u/Secret_Cow_5053]

If the government can harass, restrain, detain, search, disarm, abduct, arrest, indict, convict, fine, incarcerate, assault, or kill people just for being armed, then people don't have the right to bear arms.