Minneapolis Gun Owners Are Divided over Alex Pretti

Giffords Stuns with Second Amendment Defense

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, weighed in on the controversy surrounding the federal shooting of Alex Pretti while acknowledging that Second Amendment rights are “fundamental.” Giffords posted a video to social media with a caption asserting that the Second Amendment is essential, but that right means little if “the government can violate it without consequences.” Participants in the video stressed that Pretti was a lawful gun owne…

MORIN: Pretti, The Hypocrisy of Gabby Giffords & Her Gun Control Org

The hypocrisy of Gabby Giffords and her gun control organization are out in the public for everyone to see today. Gun controller Giffords decided to weigh in on the Pretti shooting during the riots in Minneapolis. It seems she forgets what her own organization has written against carrying firearms at protests just a few months ... Read more The post MORIN: Pretti, The Hypocrisy of Gabby Giffords & Her Gun Control Org appeared first on Granite Gr…

Minneapolis Gun Owners Are Divided over Alex Pretti

In the same VFW dining hall just north of Minneapolis, two gun owners are worlds apart on the topic of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse shot to death in a scuttle with border patrol agents on Saturday.“I don’t understand why he had to have a weapon there that day,” said David Manley, an 85-year-old retired pipefitter and lifelong Republican, who said he owns five firearms.Everything he knows about guns, Manley said, he learned from his fathe…