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Gun rights groups and legal experts question Trump administration’s stance on the Second Amendment after shooting
Claims by Trump administration officials that the man fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal...

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Trump administration goes after Second Amendment rights in justifying Minneapolis shooting
Minnesota killing produces backlash against Trump administration from Second Amendment advocates
Republicans face election risks in clash with gun rights groups over protester's killing
Trump administration officials’ suggestion that Alex Pretti should not have brought a legally carried handgun to a Minneapolis protest has opened a rare rift with gun rights groups, creating election-...

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NRA and other US gun activists push back at Trump officials over Minneapolis shooting
Republicans Struggle to Respond to Shooting, Reflecting Political Peril
FBI Director Kash Patel Suggests It’s Illegal to Bring Guns to Protests
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines, to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple,” Patel said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

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In their words: Trump officials portray Pretti as an armed man intent on harming officers
Republicans Call for Investigation Into Minneapolis Shooting

Anderson Cooper Brings Receipts Showing Trump’s Double Standard on Guns: ‘He Supports the 2nd Amendment – Just Not All the Time’

CNN's Anderson Cooper exposed the double standard applied by President Donald Trump when it comes to gun rights.

How the Second Amendment intersects with the latest fatal I.C.E. shooting

CNN’s Stephen Collinson tells Becky Anderson the shooting of Alex Pretti has upended traditional political dialogue on U.S. gun rights.

Trump Administration Defends Killing American in Minneapolis, Contradicts Videos

A person reacts at a makeshift memorial at the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 25,