By Robin Legrand, AFP
Photo: @dangjessie / UGC / AFP
The shooting death of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, by federal agents Saturday in Minneapolis has spurred a new kind of debate around gun rights in the US.
President Donald Trump's administration and law enforcement agencies under him have justified the fatal shooting on the grounds that Pretti was carrying a handgun and acting aggressively when he became entangled with agents during protests against Trump's immigration crackdown.
"We can't have individuals that are impeding law enforcement operations and then showing up with guns and weapons and no ID, and confronting law enfor
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