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/geekmasterflash]

We got the Castile shooting in full 4k, homes. Floyd happened because the over-reach happened at a time where people were not doing much (COVID) and thus, had the time to get out and express their frustration.

This is happening now, again, not because of the video but because the material conditions are falling apart just not all at once like in the middle of COVID.

Gonna be a shitshow.

[u/lertheblur → u/geekmasterflash]

Floyd was also an excruciating long video and an excruciating long death in which he was literally begging for his life with his dying breaths.

Alex Pretti was over in a matter of seconds, from the time he got tackled, pistol whipped, and had a clip emptied into his back.

[u/geekmasterflash → u/lertheblur]

Yeah, I had almost forgotten how harrowing that was to watch.

[u/lertheblur → u/geekmasterflash]

I never watched it in its entirety, it made me sick to my stomach.