"Taylor Greene explained the constitutional rights that were violated in this case: I unapologetically believe in border security and deporting criminal illegal aliens and I support law enforcement. However, I also unapologetically support the 2nd amendment. Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm. I support American's 1st and 4th amendment rights. There is nothing wrong with legally peacefully protesting and videoing."
"Politically, the constitutional violation that is likely to pose the most trouble is the Second Amendment. The Republican Party, including Donald Trump, has long taken a maximalist position on gun rights, resisting even the most popular restrictions such as limits on automatic weapons. The radical right, which is in many ways the progenitor of Trump's MAGA movement, has long warned that gun control is a step on the path toward the end of freedom in the US."
"I'd like the Second Amendment to be repealed. But as long as it exists, gun owners do have the constitutional right to carry a gun. Alex Pretti was exercising those constitutional rights when he was killed. He had a license to carry a weapon. None of this, if one accepts the constitutional right to gun ownership, justifies his killing."
Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents while exercising a licensed right to carry a firearm, provoking bipartisan claims of a constitutional crisis. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the action as defending the killing of Americans exercising constitutional rights. Marjorie Taylor Greene cited violations of the 2nd, 1st and 4th Amendments while affirming border security and law enforcement. The Second Amendment is likely to pose the most political trouble because of the Republican Party's maximalist stance and radical-right fears that gun control threatens freedom. Pretti had a license to carry, and his killing is presented as unjustified.
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