Posted on 01/26/2026 11:11:51 PM PST by Az Joe
Loaded P320, at least 1 loaded clip. There is only one logical reason he showed up on the scene with that mush ammo. He hoped to provoke ICE into shooting at him and/or so he could shoot at them. IMHO
I feel bad for his parents....expecially his father who told him to stay out of truble...do not engage...etc..etc...
Everyone's saying what a nice guy he is/was...but I don't see "real friends" male or female, stepping up.
His ex-wife stepped up...1 1/2 year marriage tells me there was trouble in river city from the beginning. Marriages usually go about 8 years before a divorce.
I remember it too. It was just before my wedding. I’d like to go back in time and beat the crap out of myself before I did it.😉
CC
Didn’t know Sig P320’s used a clip.
“ He was also carrying illegally. You must carry the permit and an ID when carrying. He was told, probably via Signal, to not carry any ID when attacking police.”
This was bad. It would not have saved his life. But it was bad.
What would have saved his life would have been him staying home, and not interfering with law enforcement.
That’s the question...
+1 dad
He didn’t have any clips.
Minnesota requires a permit to carry concealed. It also requires the holder to have the permit and government ID in immediate possession.
This transtifa idiot did not comply with the ID requirement therefore he was not a legal carrier. It’s pretty simple but I don’t expect the TDS inflicted to take two minutes to look it up.
As to that “”nurse” claptrap: Charles Cullen was a nurse, Niels Hogel was a nurse, Elizabeth Wettlaufer was a nurse, Aini Nykopp-Koski was a nurse.
EC
His ex-wife stepped up...1 1/2 year marriage tells me there was trouble in river city from the beginning.
Agreed, he was a severely troubled person, he was NO SAINT.
Exactly
The difference is....one was working with LE....the other (Pretti) was working against LE.
He went off the deep end months or years ago, this really isn't such a surprise.
Something was wrong with the dude. He choose to get in a fight while carrying a gun with other men carrying guns. I guess he didn’t think it through.
“What is unusual IMHO is carrying a full sized combat style weapon worth $2,000 with a $600 optic. Not a common style concealed carry.”
A Sig 320 pistol is a $700 gun and that optic is at most $200.
A 320 is hardly a “full sized combat style weapon”.
It is also a commonly concealed pistol. Hell, I carry one.
That’s a big difference. One was trying to prevent liberals from attacking while the other was a liberal who was doing the attacking.
And I'd bet this guy was exactly proficient and well trained. Total crazed novice in way over his head. He should have stuck with banging on drums or blowing whistles or something.
And I’d bet this guy wasn’t exactly proficient and well trained.
I can relate, I do it often but certainly not to the extremes of this fool-- rashness cost him his life.
Alex Pretti
Took gun with extra magazine to protest
No ID
Resisted arrest
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Had intent to kill
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