NRA Clashes With Trump as He Says Pretti ‘Shouldn’t Have Been Carrying a Gun’

The National Rifle Association (NRA) made a firm statement in defense of the Second Amendment after President Donald Trump doubled down on his remarks that Alex Pretti, the VA nurse killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, shouldn’t have been carrying a gun. (Pretti, 37, has been described by police as a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry, and in videos of his final moments, he is not seen holding the gun during his encounter with officers.)

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