US EditionPresident Trump on Pretti: 'I Don’t Like that He Had a Gun'
President Trump criticized Alex Pretti’s possession of a gun at a protest, sparking backlash from gun rights groups defending Second Amendment protections.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump expressed dislike that Alex Pretti, an anti-ICE protester, carried a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun when shot in Minneapolis and said a `big investigation` is underway.
- Administration officials highlighted Pretti's 9 mm handgun, noting officers tried to disarm him while he violently resisted and had 2 magazines and no ID, DHS said.
- Pretti was a legal gun owner with a permit and video reportedly shows he was disarmed before he was killed, prompting Gun Owners of America and Second Amendment advocates to push back.
- As part of the administration's response, Greg Bovino was replaced and Tom Homan met Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey on Tuesday.
- The episode has prompted political pushback as President Donald Trump's comments mark a sudden turnabout amid criticism from Republicans, Second Amendment supporters, and the National Rifle Association over standard magazine carrying.
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By Aaron Blake, CNN The Trump administration had little room for manoeuvre after a federal agent fired again and caused the death of a person this weekend in Minneapolis. Perhaps the best defense he could articulate was to point out that Alex Pretti was carrying a gun, even though he was legally carrying it, that there was no indication that he had blasted it and that a video showed that he had already been disarmed before he lost his life. As w…
Trump says he doesn't 'like' that Alex Pretti had gun and magazines
President Donald Trump expressed his dislike that Alex Pretti, the anti-ICE protester killed in Minneapolis on Saturday, was carrying a gun when he was shot dead by Border Patrol agents. “He shouldn’t have been carrying a gun,” Trump told reporters in Urbandale, Iowa. “I don’t like that he had a gun. I don’t like that he had two fully loaded magazines,” Trump added. “That’s a lot of bad stuff, and despite that, I say that’s a very unfortunate in…
President Trump says that Alex Pretti should not have carried a gun
In a surprise dig at the Second Amendment, US President Donald Trump said that demonstrator Alex Pretti, who was murdered by federal ICE agents in Minneapolis, should not have been carrying a gun when he was killed. The comments came as a surprise within a Republican constituency that has historically defended the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, even as outrage mounts over Pretti’s death. The incident marked the second murder by I…
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