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Gun Rights Activists CONDEMN Trump Admin's Comments On Alex Pretti Shooting | THE MOVEMENT

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Staunch Second Amendment advocates and gun rights absolutists are balking at the Trump administration’s initial messaging about Border Patrol agents killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, as the administration placed blame on Pretti for carrying a gun while demonstrating against federal deportation operations.

Gun rights activists were triggered by the insinuation that Pretti had provoked a response from law enforcement in part by carrying a handgun and two magazines, which an initial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statement asserted “looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”

The Hill's House Leadership Reporter Emily Brooks explores the critical debate amongst conservatives in The Movement, her newsletter analyzing influences and debates on the right in Washington.

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