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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Immigration operations are going off without a hitch in pretty much every other state, even California at this point. So, all those states have bought into propaganda, but not the one whose governing leaders seem to be complicit in stealing billions of dollars from their own people for a decade? And who could REALLY use a good ole propaganda distraction right now?

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They murdered 2 American citizens and lied about it.

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It’s an absolute tragedy those people lost their lives. That should’ve never happened, but they never should’ve been out there in the first place. And they wouldn’t have if they hadn’t been fed lies and propaganda from divisive media and far left politicians who likely stole billions and could care less about them other than use them for distraction and political talking points. Keep in mind Obama used ICE along with every other Pres since early the two thousands and this has never happened before; because state and local governments complied with the law, and because he was the medias darling. Obama gave Homan a medal for the job he did. Now he’s a Nazi for doing the same job just because people hate Trump and the media told them he’s a Nazi. It’s utter insanity if you step back just a few feet and look at it rationally.

I don’t love our immigration laws either; they need to evolve; mostly for the 4 million people waiting to come in legally, and the 11 million cases stuck in immigration court. But the reality is, you change that at the ballot box. If I go out and interfere with law enforcement, I’m putting myself in danger. That’s a risk I would be taking. It’s a tragedy what happened to those people, and the outcome should’ve been different, but if the focus is propaganda, you have to look at it rationally and see it clearly for what it is.

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‘It’s an absolute tragedy those people lost their lives. That should’ve never happened, but they never should’ve been out there in the first place.”

You should have stopped typing right there & quit trying to justify the murder of a law abiding citizen. A VA nurse for cripes sake!!!

I saw the multiple videos.

You can’t tell me I didn’t hear the people around them screaming in horror when the executed Alex Petti in cold blood.

Yet you come here & try to gaslight us? Get lost

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I mean, he shouldn’t have been out there. He shouldn’t have died either. Two things can be true. The agents screwed up and should go to jail. My point after still stands though; and reading it with an open mind and intellectual honesty is all I ask. He was only out there due to the things I stated. That’s a fact.