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Sakshi VenkatramanUS reporter<\/p>\n
Republicans divided on Pretti’s shootingpublished at 00:06 GMT<\/p>\n
00:06 GMT<\/p>\n
Sakshi Venkatraman
US reporter<\/p>\n
The killing of Alex Pretti is not only sparking outrage on the left – but it’s also dividing member’s of the president’s own party. <\/p>\n
Some Republicans in Trump’s base are sounding the alarm on Pretti’s shooting by federal agents, saying it’s an example of the state infringing on an Americans’ right to bear arms. <\/p>\n
The second amendment – or right to own firearms – has been a core issue for Republicans for decades.<\/p>\n
“I unapologetically believe in border security and deporting criminal illegal aliens and I support law enforcement.<\/p>\n
However, I also unapologetically support the 2nd amendment.<\/p>\n
Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm,” said former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who used to be one of Trump’s most ardent supporters before splitting with him last year.<\/p>\n
Remember: US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says Pretti was shot because he was “brandishing” a gun. Local authorities say the gun was legally registered, he was not brandishing it, and he was shot after the gun was removed.<\/p>\n
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie echoed that sentiment. <\/p>\n
“Carrying a firearm is not a death sentence, it\u2019s a Constitutionally protected God-given right, and if you don\u2019t understand this you have no business in law enforcement or government,” he wrote. <\/p>\n
The National Rifle Association (NRA), a gun right lobbying group, spoke out against one US attorney’s characterisation that if someone approaches a federal agent with a gun, they will likely be shot.<\/p>\n
“This sentiment from the First Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong,” the NRA wrote on social media. “Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republicans divided on Pretti’s shootingpublished at 00:06 GMT 00:06 GMT Sakshi VenkatramanUS reporter The killing of Alex Pretti…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-430152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}