FBI Director Kash Patel and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both said peaceful protesters do not carry firearms with them.

"The View" hosts defend Second Amendment rights after years of criticizing gun ownership, marking a notable shift in their stance on firearms and government power following recent events.

Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterization of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon.

Gun ownership advocates are pushing back against the Trump administration over its response to the killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday.

The FBI chief says he backs the Second Amendment but urges protesters to be "reasonable," drawing pushback from gun-rights groups.

Staunch Second Amendment advocates and gun rights absolutists are balking at the Trump administration’s initial messaging about Border Patrol agents killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said his agents were "the victims" of a recent deadly shooting in Minneapolis

"The 2nd amendment is not for hunting, it is not for self protection," Kirk's post from 2018 started.

A number of pro-gun rights Republicans pushed back on the administration's argument that Alex Pretti was dangerous because he had a gun. Pretti was legally licensed to carry one.

Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin Durkin says the hypocrisy surrounding the Minneapolis case will continue to fracture the Republican Party.

The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a firestorm and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown,