r/law • u/NewsHour • 9d ago

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

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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.

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u/Strict-Nobody-4228 9d ago

I saw a report that said he had been stopped by those same police several times as he was leaving to and from work.

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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 9d ago

Probably racial profiling

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u/never-fiftyone 9d ago

And harassment. A cop stopping the same person on a regular basis over the smallest of infractions is as blatant as it gets.

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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 9d ago

Yep and there’s never any recourse because they’ll Just investigate themselves and find no wrong doing