NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - How a Super Bowl parade reignited the stand-your-ground law debate
Recent shootings suggest some people wrongly think stand-your-ground laws justify deadly force, an expert said.
Recent shootings suggest some people wrongly think stand-your-ground laws justify deadly force, an expert said.
After federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis man allegedly carrying a concealed weapon, gun rights groups countered a federal narrative that his firearm likely justified deadly force. The big picture: The right to publicly carry weapons is a centerpiece of Second Amendment advocacy and has emerged as a key issue in the shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti. - The Minneapolis police chief said Pretti had a permit to carry, and videos show him holding a cell phone, not his gun, before officers wrestled him to the ground. Between the lines: Bill Essayli , Los Angeles' top federal prosecutor and a Trump ally, received fierce blowback from gun-rights groups over his Saturday claim that there is a "high likelihood" law enforcement…
AI:Gun rights groups are challenging federal claims following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis ICU nurse, by federal agents. While the Department of Homeland Security alleged that Pretti approached officers with a handgun in an attempt to "massacre law enforcement," video evidence suggests he was holding a cell phone at the time he was tackled. Organizations including the NRA and Gun Owners of America have condemned justifications for the use of deadly force in the incident, calling for a full investigation into whether Pretti's legal permit to carry a weapon was respected.Open