Alex Pretti was a lawful gun owner, and not brandishing his weapon, when he was disarmed and then fatally shot by federal agents. The resulting controversy focuses on an incident that appears to contradict decades of conservatives’ efforts to legitimize public gun carry.

Gun rights groups have spoken out against Trump’s comments on gun possession after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials’ suggestion that Alex Pretti should not have brought a legally carried handgun to a Minneapolis protest has opened a rare rift with gun rights groups,

The ATF’s long record of abuses against American gun owners should be ample reason to strip the agency of its power — and its funding — but the recent government shutdown put yet another spotlight on why this hyperpolitical bureaucracy has no place ...