Claims by Trump administration officials that the man fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal experts and assailed by gun rights groups ordinarily aligned with the president.

Experts said advocates on all sides of the gun debate have found common ground in defending Alex Pretti for legally having a gun at the time of his death.

Aftermath of shooting prompts bizarre role reversal as White House assails victim for carrying pistol with permit

President Donald Trump and other MAGA figures have been accused of abandoning the Second Amendment after seeking to pin the blame for t he shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on the fact that he was carrying a concealed firearm.

A sweeping state law was passed in 2024, supporting a crackdown of "ghost guns" and increasing age restrictions for the purchase of guns.

Billie Eilish's brother criticized conservatives in Instagram reel after Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agent in Minneapolis

RCP's Phil Wegmann asked the White House on Monday about FBI Director Kash Patel's comment that Minnesota man Alex Pretti ended up shot and killed by Border Patrol agents because he brought a firearm to a protest.

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said his agents were "the victims" of a recent deadly shooting in Minneapolis

Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday. Officers tried to take Pretti into custody and he resisted,