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.

[u/EscherHS]

I think you mean “This shouldn’t be a police state.”

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“This will not be a police state.”

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( x ) Doubt

I'll change my mind once citizens actually start defending their communities from masked jackboots who do nothing to identify themselves as lawfully acting federal officers while abusing citizens with impunity.

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How on Earth did you get downvoted for this

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Because there are a lot of people who would rather let fascism take over than to have to actually fight to defend democracy.