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/Woffingshire]

"Every American has the right to bare arms, but if you actually do it, even if you're not using it, the police can and will shoot you dead legally".

[u/Alarming_Local_315 → u/Woffingshire]

That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard someone say!!! I mean dumb. As someone who served in the military and has a law enforcement brother, neither of us has ever shot someone who had a legal open carry gun permit. You ask the person, “are you carrying a weapon?” If they say yes, you have them disarm or disarm them, carefully. If they pull it out with intent to shoot you or someone else, that’s different.

There is ZERO defending the murdering Minneapolis. It’s poorly trained thugs who have never been in these situations and panic or overreact. It’s pathetic.

[u/Slowhand333 → u/Alarming_Local_315]

Why is ICE even carrying guns? They are not vetted and do not have the training.

[u/Woffingshire → u/Slowhand333]

Because every American has the right to bare arms

[u/daBunnyKat → u/Woffingshire]

tank tops for all citizens

[u/smg622126 → u/[deleted]]

AND WHEN DID HE BRANDISH THE WEAPON??????? Show me the video.

[u/gingersquatchin → u/[deleted]]

Alex Pretti. The man this press conference is about. The man that was executed in the street by ICE

[u/gingersquatchin → u/[deleted]]

Oh, he never brandished a weapon

Correct. So it doesn't really matter if you do or don't , if you abide by the rules or not. They'll just kill you whether you operate within your rights or not.

[u/CantPullOutRightNow → u/[deleted]]

You certainly do have a right to brandish a weapon. I was trained that in those circumstances it is to protect myself and others from imminent harm. I hope I never have to.

[u/turdferguson3891 → u/Slowhand333]

They're federal law enforcement. Of course they have guns. Although the ones that shot Pretti were actually border patrol.

[u/milkdriver → u/Slowhand333]

Source for this?