Trump's response to Pretti killing upends Second Amendment politics : Here & Now Anytime

Colorado lawmaker shows hypocrisy of Second Amendment posturing

Colorado state Sen. Larry Liston speaks about Alex Pretti's killing in the Colorado Senate on Monday. (Screenshot from Colorado Channel YouTube)Larry Liston, a Colorado state senator, has long been a staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights. You might expect, then, that this Republican from Colorado Springs would defend the right of Alex Pretti, the man shot to death by federal immigration authorities in Minneapolis on Saturday, to have been…

Now you've seen it all! Schumer defends the 2nd Amendment to own Trump · American Wire News

If you look up at the sky and happen to see pigs flying, this might be why. Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer has finally found reason to support the Second Amendment. Following the deadly shooting of armed anti-ICE activist Alex Pretti by federal agents, debate has raged over whether or not Pretti’s weapons played a part in the justification of his death. President Trump publicly stated that he was uncomfortable with the fact that Pretti, who was …

A show of Second Amendment principle

After the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, the Trump administration’s first instinct was to spin the killing as legitimate because Pretti had been armed. That strategy is failing, and an important reason why…

Trump's response to Pretti killing upends Second Amendment politics : Here & Now Anytime

Alex Pretti was legally carrying a gun when a federal agent shot and killed him in Minneapolis last weekend. President Trump and other federal officials blamed his death on the fact that he had a gun, but Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus chair Bryan Strawser explains why he disagrees.And, after leading immigration operations in Minneapolis, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has returned to his previous job in California. CalMatters investigative…

Trump Alienates Second Amendment Crowd Over Minnesota Killing

As the Trump administration grapples with the compounding fallout from the killing last weekend of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis, one of the biggest problems in their knee-jerk vilification of Pretti, who was legally carrying a firearm when he was attacked by federal agents, was the instant presumption that Pretti […]

Trump’s Second Amendment Support Questioned after Minneapolis Shooting

(Photo-illustration from licensed Shutterstock account). By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press President Donald L. Trump was very clear Tuesday when addressing a gaggle of reporters who were asking questions about ongoing problems in Minneapolis, including the shooting death of Alex Pretti, an armed protester. “You can’t have guns. You can’t walk in with guns,” President Trump said, which caused a rep…