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Women Busted for Trying to Buy Gun to Kill ICE Agents

Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS

There are way too many gun control laws in this country, even at just the federal level. When you get into the laws in a state like New York, though, it gets beyond ridiculous.

And many of the people who are screaming about Alex Pretti and talking a big game about taking on ICE supported those laws. They wanted to keep guns out of the hands of people like you and me, not because they think the criminals get them from us, but because they simply don’t like what we might do with them if they get their way.

Now that they’re feeling the opposite of that, such as immigration laws being enforced, they feel very differently, and for one woman, well, that’s coming up to bite her in the posterior.

A woman who attempted to buy a gun in Western New York is being investigated after she allegedly said she planned to purchase the weapon to “protect herself from ICE Agents, and also to kill ICE Agents.“

In a press release, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the female U.S…Read more here.

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Why Selectively Supporting Gun Rights is a Disaster

Tom Knighton – Bearing Arms

The more I see about what happened with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the less I know about it. I’m fine with that, because it’s not my place to make a final determination as to whether the shooting was justified or not.

It is my place to take issue with the members of the administration, including the president, who have suggested that it was somehow wrong for Pretti to be carrying a firearm, that the presence of it and spare magazines suggested nefarious intent.

I don’t think carrying a firearm to a protest is a great idea much of the time, but especially when the protest in question involves interfering with law enforcement. It’s unwise, to say the least, but “wisdom” and “legality” aren’t synonyms.

He had a right to carry, and while he may not have had his permit on him, that’s a petty…Read more here.

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The Truly Scary Part of Minneapolis Protests

Tom Knighton / BEARING ARMS

The protesting in Minneapolis is not a great thing for anyone, contrary to what some might think. Alex Pretti’s death was just the latest incident where someone who was involved ended up being killed by federal agents, though it’s the less clear-cut case of a justifiable shooting.

What’s clear, though, is that this is a very organized effort. The Signal chat that was used for coordination was exposed as involving none other than the LT. Governor of Minnesota, among others, and it illustrated just how coordinated it was.

For most of us, this is a little concerning, but not the end of the world.

Yet for some, it’s pretty clear that what we’re dealing with is something that should scare you even more.

Eric Schwalm is a retired Special Forces warrant officer, and what he sees is a level of coordination that is typical not for protests, but for insurgencies.

The post continues…Read more, see X and video here.

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Minneapolis Shooting is a Muddled Mess

Tom Knighton – Bearing Arms

I was trying to have a good weekend, but then I got word about the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. I watched the video and, honestly, I don’t see how it was a good shoot, though I’m willing to acknowledge that I didn’t study the video in great detail. Cam noted then that it didn’t look like Pretti touched his gun, though, and that comports with what I saw.

First, I’m just going to say that while I’m not excusing a damn thing, it was also just a matter of time before something like this happened. You can’t keep talking about how you’re going to shoot and kill ICE agents and then be shocked when they shoot and kill someone with a gun present while folks are interfering with their operations.

However, a bad shoot is still a bad shoot, and no one should get a pass for that simply because someone else said they wanted to hurt you and your buddies. It sucks, I know, but that’s not grounds for shooting people.

And Pretti had every right to carry a firearm with him while recording ICE operations on…Read more here.

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