Alex Pretti, Second Amendment
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"The 2nd amendment is not for hunting, it is not for self protection," Kirk's post from 2018 started.
A fatal shooting of a legally armed US citizen, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, in Minneapolis has ignited debate over the Second Amendment. Social media users are questioning whether constitutional gun rights still protect citizens during federal operations.
Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin Durkin says the hypocrisy surrounding the Minneapolis case will continue to fracture the Republican Party.
Experts said advocates on all sides of the gun debate have found common ground in defending Alex Pretti for legally having a gun at the time of his death.
Donald Trump is once again at the center of controversies. This time, it has been his shocking statements about a recent incident of ICE violence, where a Minnesota nurse was gunned down. On Tuesday afternoon,
After the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Trump administration treated his decision to carry a gun as a crime, contradicting their 2nd Amendment support.
The Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms, and in Minnesota, a valid permit allows the concealed carry of firearms in public.
Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon.
A number of pro-gun rights Republicans pushed back on the administration's argument that Alex Pretti was dangerous because he had a gun. Pretti was legally licensed to carry one.
The U.S. Supreme Court has created confusion in the criminal justice system through its Second Amendment jurisprudence, leaving lower courts uncertain about how to apply gun laws and causing conflicting rulings.
They’re not precise, they’re not necessary, they’re not factually correct, and I think they’re also irrelevant to the situation,” Amy Swearer said.