Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration\u2019s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon.<\/p>\n
The death produced no clear shifts in U.S. gun politics or policies, even as President Donald Trump shuffles the lieutenants<\/a> in charge of his militarized immigration crackdown. But important voices in Trump’s coalition have called for a thorough investigation of Pretti\u2019s death while also criticizing inconsistencies<\/a> in some Republicans\u2019 Second Amendment stances.<\/p>\n kAmx7 E96 5J?2>:4 A6CD:DED[ :E 4@F=5 8:G6 #6AF3=:42?D AC@3=6>D 2D %CF>A 9625D :?E@ 2 >:5E6C> 6=64E:@? J62C H:E9 G@E6CD 2=C625J 8C@H:?8 D<6AE:42= @7 9:D @G6C2== k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^A@==\\ECF>A\\C6AF3=:42?D\\:>>:8C2E:@?\\64@?@>J\\:?7=2E:@?\\4@DED\\ebccfa74a66b3ccff2f36hhf335_4eh6Qm:>>:8C2E:@? 2AAC@249k^2m] %96 4@?46C? \ud83d\ude00 24FE6 6?@F89 E92E %CF>A\u2019D E@A DA@<6DH@>2? D@F89E |@?52J E@ C62DD6CE 9:D 3C2?5 2D 2 DE2F?49 8F? 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