The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. The shooting of Alex Pretti has raised fresh questions about the Second Amendment.

Kaitlin Bennett, a pro-gun rights activist, is famous for her street interviews featuring conservative-aligned questioning. She recently alleged that a national park ranger wrote her a ticket for interviewing protestors in Florida.

The National Rifle Association and others have argued citizens need guns to fend off government. The killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who carried a pistol, set off debate.

The parking lot outside a Columbia, South Carolina Planned Parenthood was already tense. According to gun rights YouTuber Colion Noir, that tension finally boiled over when a regular pro-life activist was confronted, pepper-sprayed his aggressor, got ...