Minnesota killing produces backlash against Trump administration from Second Amendment advocates

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date Jan. 27, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
Last Updated Jan. 27, 2026, 10:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/27/minnesota-killing-backlash-second-amendment-advocates/

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Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s 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 poss...