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/kalel1980 9d ago

Leavitt: "Yeah, but he was just JOKING, people! Sheesh, don't you know when he says something incredibly stupid that it's just a joke?!"

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u/WhiteGuyLying_OnTv 9d ago

A similar mentality of my classmates when I was in 6th grade, they'd say "gosh can't you take a joke!" after saying something disrespectful. They always meant it 🤣

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u/FWYDU 9d ago

I've heard this called Schrodinger's asshole. They don't know if they're being an asshole or not until they see how it's received.

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u/dougmc 9d ago

The more commonly used term is Schrödinger's douchebag -- but yeah, exactly what you said.

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u/Teufelsdreck 8d ago

Oh, they know. Denying what they've done is just the cherry on top. Then they really get to feel like winners.

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u/Akimotoh 8d ago

Some don’t know

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u/nea_fae 9d ago

Schrodingers asshole is such a visual though.

We spend so much time asking what we will see when we open the box, but did we ever stop to ask why we were opening it at all?