ALEX PRETTI, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT. Among other things, the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has spurred a bizarre debate about the Second Amendment. Pretti, who got into a physical altercation with Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, owned a Sig Sauer AXG Combat semi-automatic 9 mm pistol. An article in the Minnesota Star Tribune described Pretti’s gun as “widely popular and frequently carried by U.S. military and law enforcement.” Pretti carried the gun in a holster on his belt.

Judging by bystander videos, it appears an agent discovered Pretti’s gun during the scuffle, and that agent and possibly other agents informed the others about the presence of a firearm, whereupon another agent drew his own gun and shot Pretti. In all, that agent and one other shot Pretti a reported 10 times.

Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara has said Pretti had........

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