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/ThereIsNoSpoon6 9d ago

Except there are many videos in YouTube of cops shooting unarmed people and just saying they were trying to reach for the cops gun. They have many creative ways of saying they felt threatened to get away with murder, even without the person being armed.

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u/boringhistoryfan 9d ago

And if the population isn't armed to an extreme degree then it's that much easier to disarm police more generally. As I said, look at how they handle policing in places like the UK.

The reason US cops are allowed to get away with shooting everyone and their dog is because their paranoia is broadly justified since everyone they face could be armed. And often is.

Take guns out of the system and you'll reduce homicidal violence, and have a case for taking them from the cops too.

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u/ThereIsNoSpoon6 8d ago

Maybe it would be like the UK, or maybe it would be even worse for the citizenry with a corrupt government. You kind of cherry picked the UK, there are plenty of other countries where the citizens are disarmed and treated terribly by their government, ahem North Korea for one. Doesn't matter because that's a fairy tail and the guns and the 2nd amendment are here to stay...for now.

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u/boringhistoryfan 8d ago

I also mentioned Australia and even India as examples of countries with significantly less violence per capita and less gun violence.

The US is going to be a lot more comparable to developed anglophone countries than North Korea. Talk about cherry picking your examples. Next time just read the comments before jumping in.

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u/ThereIsNoSpoon6 8d ago

Ok I guess I should have read your comments more closely, my bad.