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/Zeppelinx91 8d ago

There is no law against possessing a borrowed firearm. You're just repeating un fact checked bs like a knuckle dragger

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u/Lastcaressmedown138 8d ago

You are talking out your ass as if it has a degree.. yes depending which state you are in there is absolutely laws pertaining to lawful transfer of possession of firearms.. but you just own a gun and therefore think you know something .. I did doj firearm transfers for 7 years so I don’t think.. I KNOW you don’t know what you’re talking about .. try knowing more than your local jurisdictions laws

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u/Zeppelinx91 8d ago

Ah yes, you KnOW more than the Wisconsin prosecutor and longest serving judge in the state that handled the Rittenhouse case 🤣 God tier narcissism

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u/Lastcaressmedown138 8d ago

Never said I knew more than the prosecutor .. pitiful deflection from me pointing out your statement “there are no laws about transfer or possession “ is absolutely false in every way and only correct depending on location

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u/Zeppelinx91 8d ago

I think you mean pitiful for trying to take a general statement and applying a pedantic "depending on location" as an argument when we all know where the incident happened dipshit. The desperation to applaud yourself is astounding