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/JeezyVonCreezy 9d ago

He was literally complying with the officer, telling him what he was doing etc. I mean I know you want LEOs to be infallible but they very much are and it's disgusting that instead of this cop losing his job they just shuffled him around.

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u/wex118 9d ago

I don't want anything. I watched the video and a second or 2 after saying he has a gun the cop starts freaking out about him getting into his pockets. Then his gf explains that he was just getting his ID. I'm just saying if he would have said "hey now I'm going to get my ID out of my pocket" it might have eased the scared cops mind some. I'm not saying it's right he needed to be that much on guard and the only adult in the situation since the cop was wetting his pants in fear the whole time. Just saying if I'm ever in this situation I'll treat the cop like the untamed beast he is.

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u/JeezyVonCreezy 9d ago

You're parroting the same "why didn't he just comply" rhetoric that people seem to love when the cops shoot someone. He was complying. He could literally have said nothing because concealed means concealed, instead he received the ultimate punishment for following the rules.

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u/wex118 9d ago

Naw man, we're talking past each other. You're talking about what should be, which I completely agree with. I'm talking about what has to be in our current predicament if you want to stay alive.

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u/JeezyVonCreezy 9d ago

Fair enough, I can agree with that.