Posted on 01/24/2026 7:54:43 PM PST by Morgana
A gun rights advocate says he has major concerns about the legality of the shooting Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti after watching footage of his killing.
Rob Doar, senior vice president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, analyzed one of the several videos taken of the shooting of Pretti on Saturday and shared his damming opinion that the killing was unwarranted on social media.
Pretti, who was a US and an intensive care nurse who treated critically ill military veterans, was killed shortly after 9am on January 24, after an altercation involving multiple federal officers.
Video footage showed he was wrestled to the ground before one federal agent fired multiple shots into his chest, after which the agents scattered. The Department of Homeland Security told the Daily Mail that the suspect was armed with two magazines, and the gun was later recovered by federal authorities.
However, Doar noted that the gun may have been found moments before the altercation turned deadly: 'This video appears to show an agent remove a firearm from the holster of the 37-Y/O man (Pretti), prior to the shooting.'
'I never see the man touch his firearm, and it looks like he's disarmed before being shot, said the gun rights advocate in another post.
Doar told Star Tribune that he concluded that, 'If Mr. Pretti was disarmed — absent any other evidence of any risk to an officer —I don’t see how deadly force would be justified.'
The footage, which Doar analyzed, shows several masked agents wrestling Pretti while he is on his knees. An officer dressed in a grey coat and cap appears to pull an item from the protestor's waistline, which seems to be a pistol-shaped object; however, no evidence has confirmed the contents of the object at the time of this report.
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Look, I’m a 2nd amendment supporter, but that’t not the tssue here. Sorry, but this is a very simple FAFO situation. Taunting armed law enforcement personnel and brandishing a firearm is effectively “suicide by cop.”
One of the rules to possess a Minnesota Permit to Carry a Pistol is, you must produce the permit and a valid ID to law enforcement upon request.
His permit was invalid without ID. End of that issue.
“damming”?
He chose poorly.
Now we’ll never know if he can eat 50 eggs.
democrats currently lust for blood, even if the blood be their own.
Thank you.
I’ve been licensed to carry for over 15 years. Worked hard for it, and have CCW insurance the entire time.
I would never do something that would jeopardize it.
Has it been verified that this dude really had a permit?
Waltz said he did, but I don’t trust commies.
Precisely! Good explanation.
His actions are contrary to any responsible CCW owner. Reminds me of Rosie O’Donnell. Family is telling them of the unhealthy obsession, but individual only cares about pursuing that self-destructive obsession.
I see the Daily Fail is still pushing this line of crap.
He showed up and started interfering with federal law enforcement. Strike One.
Armed. Strike Two.
He then violently resisted arrest. Strike Three.
Whether he was going for his gun or not was a judgment the federal officers on the scene had to judge for themselves. He put himself in the position to get shot with three incredibly stupid decisions without which, it never would have happened. That’s the bottom line.
I couldn’t imagine why any decent Freeper would sully themselves reading a garbage paper like The Daily Mail. The Guardian, The Times, The BBC all of those Limey platforms are bugging with severe TDS.
I suppose that beady-eyed, rat faced weasel Starmer told them all to lay it on thick.
The brits themselves are begging and pleading for us to send Trump to save them.
Don't bother Rob Doar with details! He's senior vice president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. Whatever the hell that is. He knows how many guns everyone in Minnesota is carrying at any given time. 🙄
The Minneapolis Star and Cycle doing what it always does.
I watched the video. It was hard to see the details of what was happening during the ongoing struggle with Pretti. It shows what looks like an officer grabbing Pretti’s gun from his waistband. Seconds later you hear shots delivered into his back; killing him. Perhaps the shooter did not see Pretti’s gun get taken and thought he could easily grab his gun. With Pretti’s back to the officer, the gun in his waistband would be hidden and, in seconds, Pretti could have grabbed it and start shooting. In fact, when the gun was no longer in his waistband (because another officer had taken it) the officer thought Pretti had it in his hand. With his hand moving around so fast, he couldn’t tell it was his phone. There was only a spit second to react before Pretti started shooting.
Dammit! I was just coming here to post that. LOL!
When I watched the video, it seemed like there was one gun shot and then a succession of maybe 7 more. So if what this guy is saying is true, I have wonder if it accidently discharged, causing the Leo to shoot the subject.
Not the same person!
TigersEye: "That is a bald-faced lie."
Thank you, TigersEye.
I thought Kleon was wrong, but I did not want to research it.
My recollection...
One exterior January 6 demonstrator was carrying a concealed gun. He was a pro-Trump federal Air Marshall and was in legal possession.
Well...it is a pretti good meme.
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