You know you’ve lost the plot when the NRA isn’t happy with your treatment of the Second Amendment.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has joined other gun lobbying and advocacy groups that are typically aligned with Donald Trump in calling for the Republican president’s administration to conduct a “full investigation” into the killing of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse who was shot dead by federal immigration officials in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Pretti was reportedly legally permitted to carry a gun and is a citizen of the US, where it is a constitutional right to bear arms. Widely circulated video of his shooting death does not depict him ever holding a gun. It does show an officer reaching to Pretti’s lower back and stepping away with what appeared to be a pistol – and Pretti being subsequently shot to death.
The NRA waded into the national dialogue over Pretti’s killing after Bill Essayli – who was appointed by Trump to temporarily serve as a US attorney in California in 2025 – posted on social media: “If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you.”
In response, the NRA posted: “This sentiment … is dangerous and wrong. Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.”
Yeah the NRA have been backing Trump. They also haven’t blinked after any of the mass shootings that occurred in the country. So why this one guy?
Some of it is political theater I’m sure, but unlike the abortion folks I think a fair amount of the 2A hobbyists legitimately value their freedom to carry a gun around in plain sight. Anyone with a few brain cells to knock around can see those rights are being tossed for everyone, not just minority groups. I hope I’m reading the room right and this population show some more signs of organized resistance as feds knock down doors without warrants.
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Yeah I highly doubt the NRA will show any real guts but hopefully some of the serious 2A folks can revive a bit of the ‘old order’ suspicion of government at the very least. I mean the federal government is literally telling ‘agents’ they can knock down doors without warrants.