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Minneapolis shooting scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump

BILL BARROW and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press
Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago

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A photo of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer over the weekend, is displayed at the shooting scene Monday in Minneapolis.

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A person holds a sign of Alex Pretti during a protest Monday outside the office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in Minneapolis.

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Demonstrator Teresa Hurst waves an upside-down American flag on top of a car Friday during a rally against federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.

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BILL BARROW and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press

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 possessed a firearm.

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