Trump defies the Second Amendment: “You can’t have guns, you can’t do that”

President Donald Trump recently stated that Alex Pretti, who was killed by agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, known as CBP, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, should not have been carrying a firearm. His remarks add to comments made by other U.S. government officials that have prompted pushback from several gun rights advocacy groups.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel said that people cannot carry a loaded firearm with multiple magazines to any type of protest. Although President Trump said he did not believe Pretti was acting as a killer, he maintained that “you can’t have guns.”

Following these comments, the president was asked about the Second Amendment, which states that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

“You can’t walk in with guns, you can’t do that. But it’s a very unfortunate incident,” Trump replied. At an event in Iowa, Trump repeated his remarks. “He had a gun. I don’t like that. He had two fully loaded magazines. That’s a lot of bad stuff. And despite that, I’d say that’s ... very unfortunate.”

At a recent press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified that the president of the United States “supports Second Amendment rights” for “law-abiding American citizens.”

“While Americans have a constitution right to bear arms, Americans do not have a Constitution right to impede lawful immigration enforcement operations,” she said.

The NRA responds to the Trump administration

Hours after President Trump’s remarks, the National Rifle Association, known as the NRA, shared the following message on social media. “The NRA unequivocally believes that all law-abiding citizens have a right to keep and bear arms anywhere they have a legal right to be.”

“Carrying an extra magazine implies nothing. Holsters designed to carry spare magazines are common and widely sold. Training resources and guides across the internet actively recommend it. Thousands of law-abiding Americans do this every day. This is standard, not overkill. Claiming otherwise sets a dangerous precedent for Second Amendment rights and creates an easy backdoor argument for magazine bans and similar legislation,” the National Association for Gun Rights said in response to comments made by the FBI director on January 25.

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