Since Pretti was shot Mr. Trump and many top aides have blamed Mr. Pretti for carrying a firearm and ammunition during demonstrations against the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
In May 2025 I had a chat with Taylor Rhodes, the communications director, from the National Association for Gun Rights.
In sum, the claim that California’s gun laws “prioritize regulating who can access firearms,” as Newsom’s press release claimed, is an abhorrent lie.
Several governors came to Las Vegas who actively hunting for business — literally making their pitch to firearm and ammunition industry businesses to relocate to their friendlier states and away from more adversarial, antigun ones.
“The president supports the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens absolutely.”
The difference between the red and blue states was summed up by a simple philosophy: we choose success. With the continued exodus of companies from the heavily-regulated blue states, it’s difficult not to believe the opposite to be true there.
In the aftermath of the shooting, multiple Trump administration officials said peaceful protesters do not carry firearms with them.
The same agency that spent years acting like Biden’s personal enforcement arm is getting funded at near record levels, with few meaningful restrictions on how it can use that money.
Despite politicians transparent attempts to gin up fear, there exists no legal loophole where 3D printed firearms are treated any differently under the law than firearms manufactured by other means.
Busse shopped around the state like he was flipping through the pages of a men’s outdoor wear catalogue and chose Montana’s first congressional district to try to win a House seat.
