"Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration's characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon. The death produced no clear shifts in U.S. gun politics or policies, even as President Donald Trump shuffles the lieutenants in charge of his militarized immigration crackdown."
"The concern is acute enough that Trump's top spokeswoman sought Monday to reassert his brand as a staunch gun rights supporter. "The president supports the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens, absolutely," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. Leavitt qualified that "when you are bearing arms and confronted by law enforcement, you are raising ... the risk of force being used against you.""
Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates pressured the White House to change its initial characterization of Alex Pretti's death after a federal officer fatally shot him in Minneapolis. Early administration statements suggested Pretti bore responsibility because he lawfully possessed a weapon, but videos contradicted those accounts. Republican voices demanded a thorough investigation and criticized inconsistent Second Amendment stances among party leaders. President Trump reassigned officials connected to the immigration enforcement effort in Minneapolis and dispatched Tom Homan. The White House reiterated support for lawful gun ownership while warning that bearing arms when confronted by law enforcement raises the risk of force.
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