"You cannot bring a firearm" to a protest, said FBI Director Kash Patel.

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.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper criticized President Donald Trump’s stance on the Second Amendment on Monday following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

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William Sack, legal director of the Second Amendment Foundation, said he was surprised and disappointed by the administration’s initial statements following the Pretti shooting. Trump’s vacillating, he said, is “very likely to cost them dearly with the core of a constituency they count on.”

Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin Durkin says the hypocrisy surrounding the Minneapolis case will continue to fracture the Republican Party.

Alex Pretti’s killing has renewed a debate about whether protesters should carry weapons during demonstrations.

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.

The Trump administration says the federal agents who shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis acted in self-defense. Video shows Pretti, a legal gun owner with no criminal record, was not holding a gun,