Gun enthusiasts are bending over backwards to justify the killing of Alex Pretti, a 17-year-old man who was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis. Despite the fact that Trump's administration appeared to undermine Second Amendment rights with its initial comments on the incident, many gun owners have rallied around Pretti's killers, shifting the blame onto the young man himself.
The narrative is being spun online that Pretti was a domestic terrorist who brandished his legally held gun and interfered with police action against a woman. However, video footage has since shown that this was not the case. FBI director Kash Patel wrongly told Fox News that it's illegal to bring a gun to a protest, while Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem inaccurately described Pretti as a "domestic terrorist" who was "brandishing" his gun.
Many gun enthusiasts are willing to overlook Trump's comments, which were widely criticized as hypocritical and dismissive. Instead, they're focusing on the perceived fault of Pretti himself, with some even defending him as an instigator.
Critics point out that this narrative is a far cry from the original claim by Rittenhouse supporters who were shot during protests in 2020 - Rittenhouse was also armed and claimed to be protecting local businesses.
In reality, Pretti attempted to help a woman being pepper-sprayed by a federal agent and tried to get out of the way. The narrative has been spun that this is an example of "lawful but awful" behavior, with some even defending Pretti's actions as unjustified.
Meanwhile, extremist groups like Boogaloo have criticized Trump's administration for its stance on being armed at protests.
The narrative is being spun online that Pretti was a domestic terrorist who brandished his legally held gun and interfered with police action against a woman. However, video footage has since shown that this was not the case. FBI director Kash Patel wrongly told Fox News that it's illegal to bring a gun to a protest, while Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem inaccurately described Pretti as a "domestic terrorist" who was "brandishing" his gun.
Many gun enthusiasts are willing to overlook Trump's comments, which were widely criticized as hypocritical and dismissive. Instead, they're focusing on the perceived fault of Pretti himself, with some even defending him as an instigator.
Critics point out that this narrative is a far cry from the original claim by Rittenhouse supporters who were shot during protests in 2020 - Rittenhouse was also armed and claimed to be protecting local businesses.
In reality, Pretti attempted to help a woman being pepper-sprayed by a federal agent and tried to get out of the way. The narrative has been spun that this is an example of "lawful but awful" behavior, with some even defending Pretti's actions as unjustified.
Meanwhile, extremist groups like Boogaloo have criticized Trump's administration for its stance on being armed at protests.
. It's crazy how gun enthusiasts are quick to defend those who killed him, shifting the blame onto him. Like, they're saying he was some kind of domestic terrorist just because he had a gun with him? That doesn't make any sense! 
I'm all for people owning guns and exercising their Second Amendment rights, but come on! This narrative about Alex Pretti being a domestic terrorist just doesn't add up... especially when you look at that video footage. It's like they're trying to create this villain out of him, when in reality he was just trying to help a woman who was getting pepper-sprayed. And don't even get me started on Trump's comments - it's all about how he's supposed to be some kind of hero for Second Amendment rights holders... meanwhile, Pretti is being painted as the bad guy. It's like they're more worried about their own reputations than doing what's right. 
. I mean, can you believe that some gun enthusiasts are actually defending Alex Pretti's killers? 
It's like they're more interested in making them look good than actually looking at what really happened.
It's clear that Pretti wasn't trying to be a hero or anything, he was just trying to help a woman who was getting pepper-sprayed 
. And those agents were supposed to be helping her too! 
. Is that even a thing? Because it sounds like just an excuse for the agents to get out of being held accountable 
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. We should actually do some fact-checking and try to understand what really happened before jumping to conclusions 
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It just doesn't add up that Pretti's actions were somehow more suspicious than Rittenhouse's when he showed up at protests with an assault rifle. Can we please have a more nuanced conversation about this stuff? 
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It's not like he started a riot or anything. And what's up with Kash Patel and Kristi Noem spreading false info on social media? Can't they just stick to the facts for once? 
. It's always the victim's fault, right? Meanwhile, Rittenhouse got a free pass because he was "protecting" businesses... but Alex Pretti gets blamed for trying to help someone being attacked by an agent? That's just not fair 
. I mean, who wouldn't want to intervene in a situation where someone's getting pepper-sprayed?! It's not like Pretti was out there looking for a fight 
. Meanwhile, we're seeing more and more of these "lawful but awful" moments where folks get hurt because they didn't know what was safe to do.
We gotta think about why people are making these questionable decisions and have an open conversation instead of just spreading misinformation. And honestly, it's kinda sad that some groups are using this incident as a way to justify their own extremist views... 
and now ppl are defending him as an instigator 
like what even is happening? shouldn't we be talking about the fact that trump's admin was super shady on this whole thing too 
and we need to keep calling out these extreme groups who are just using ppl as scapegoats 
