The Trump administration is in over its waders this time. Unlike Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in a likely justified shoot after she hit the agent with her vehicle earlier this month, the killing of 37-year-old Veterans Affairs hospital nurse Alex Pretti by one or perhaps multiple border patrol agents appears to have been, at the very least, an egregious mistake. Video evidence suggests that Pretti, who was legally carrying a pistol, was disarmed prior to the shooting and presented no physical threat to law enforcement despite the fact that he was resisting arrest. Instead of waiting for the findings of an internal investigation, members of the administration decided to launch a full-court press demonizing both the deceased and the fact that Pretti was carrying a weapon. What resulted was a series of the most deranged and un-American statements on gun rights made by Republicans in recent memory, maybe ever. 

FBI Director Kash Patel, the man in charge of enforcing federal law, seemingly has no respect for the Second Amendment. “You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple. You don’t have the right to break the law and incite violence,” Patel told Fox News. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Pretti a “domestic........

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