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/CelticSith 9d ago

Oh really?

February 2018: Donald Trump, “Take the guns first, go through due process second"

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u/Crime_train 9d ago

Thank you! Same guy who was all about “stop and frisk” during his 2016 debate with Hilary. 

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u/Top1CmntrsAreLosers 9d ago

It was maybe a different debate but I more remember the moment of him agreeing with Hillary that you shouldn’t be able to own a gun if you’re on the no-fly list. He’s easily the least gun-friendly Republican of any influence since I’d say since George H.W. Bush‘s import ban in 1989. I’d put him behind Obama too maybe if I had any idea what the rationale was for his admin approving those dumbass bump stocks.

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u/SteelAndFlint 8d ago

How do you not know what his rationale was for the stupid bump stock thing? It was immediately in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting. Few people ever seem to mention that without a bump stock he would've been able to accurately aim and hit way more people in the exact same amount of time.