FBI Director Kash Patel and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both said peaceful protesters do not carry firearms with them.

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.

The gun-lobby group, typically aligned with Trump, criticises a suggestion that those who carry guns risk being lawfully shot.

Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict federal accounts of the shooting. The man, an I.C.U. nurse, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.

A major gun rights organization condemned a Trump official's claim that the shooting death of Minneapolis protester Alex Jeffrey Pretti was "legally justified". The post Major Gun Rights Group Condemns Trump Official’s Claim Shooting Was ‘Legally Justified’ first appeared on Mediaite.

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WCCO's reporters on the scene of another fatal shooting say that some of the people who are out in the streets are people who say they have never come out to demonstrate until today.

"Carrying a firearm is not a death sentence, it's a Constitutionally protected God-given right," writes Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.).

Currently, it is already legal to both concealed and open carry a gun on Utah’s eight public university and college campuses, with very few exceptions.