Your Right To Carry Makes You More Responsible To Walk Away

[Navy]

From conflict than not . When you hear common sense, it rings true.

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[ImStillMags Mags]

do you understand that his gun was in its holster IN HIS BACKPACK???

and tell that to Rittenhouse and all his ilk....

[PirateLT]

Suddenly the 2nd amendment is fungible.  Gun Rights activist are not too happy about the open carry optic that the MAGA drones are putting out there.

[Lobo]

The 2nd Amendment has never applied to non-white people, as far as most white people have been concerned for most of our republic's history before the Civil Rights Era, and as far as MAGAs and other rightwingers are still concerned. 

In fact, besides being an alternative to a standing federal peacetime Army for defending against British or other invasions -- a point insisted on by the more anti-federalist-inclined Constitutional Convention delegates, for agreeing to and signing the Constitution -- the 2nd Amendment's "well regulated militias" (ie, state armies, which it was intended to apply to, and which evolved into today's National Guard) existed primarily to put down Indian uprisings and slave rebellions.

[Irie]

So the answer to your question is: No — in the Alex Pretti case, there’s no indication that a gun was in a backpack. Reports describe his firearm as being carried on his person, holstered, and not stored in a pack. �

On Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 8:50:12 AM UTC-7 ImStillMags Mags wrote:

[ImStillMags Mags]

my bad...........it was holstered....on his waitband.......   not being brandished about

No, Alex Pretti’s gun was not in his backpack. Multiple video analyses and reports indicate that his handgun was located in his waistband. 

According to the CNN video analysis, a federal agent in a gray jacket was seen reaching into the "scrum" of officers while Pretti was on the ground and removing the weapon from Pretti's waistband roughly one second before the fatal shots were fired. 

Additional details regarding the firearm include:

• Location: Specifically removed from near Pretti's right hip.
• Carry Status: Pretti was a legally licensed gun owner with a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
• Holstered: Witness statements and video reviews suggest the gun was holstered and never brandished during the encounter.

[Rick Richardson]

Open carry with thissituation he would have had all getting the drop on him and with their actions they may have commanded him too drop his weapon.

I wonder just how many times they would have repeated themselves before their fever would have them shooting him.

[PirateLT]

If the ICE agents were properly trained he would be alive today.

[Rick Richardson]

That is a fact

[Irie]

You claimed the same of the Good shooter, however:

The agent involved in the shooting of Renée Good on January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis was identified through court records as Jonathan Ross, an officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). �

📌 Training & law-enforcement background

According to publicly reported biographical details about Jonathan Ross:

Military service: He served in the Indiana National Guard from 2002 to 2008 and was a machine gunner in the Iraq War. �

Border Patrol experience: He worked for the U.S. Border Patrol from 2007 to 2015 before joining ICE. �

ICE service: He started with ICE in 2016 and was serving in Enforcement and Removal Operations at the time of the Good shooting. �

📌 Specialized training roles

Ross himself testified that he had roles including:

Firearms instructor

Active shooter instructor

Field intelligence officer

Member of the ICE Special Response Team (SRT)

These are all positions that require specialized tactical and firearms training beyond basic recruit school for ICE agents. �

Wikipedia

📌 What that indicates

From these credentials, we can infer that the officer:

Had years of professional law-enforcement experience (military + Border Patrol + ICE). �

Was certified to train other officers in firearms and active-shooter response. �

Was part of an ICE tactical unit (SRT), which generally receives more advanced training in high-risk operations than typical enforcement officers. �

📌 Summary

The officer who shot Renée Good was not a novice. He had:

Military combat experience

Border Patrol and ICE law-enforcement experience

Roles as a firearms and active-shooter instructor

Membership in a special response/tactical team

All of these point to a high level of formal training and operational experience in using force and weapons within federal law enforcement. �

[PirateLT]

If they were trained for those situations, they would know how to deescalate a situation without deadly force. Period.

These guys are looking for confrontation.

[Navy]

RittenHouse was not concealing a weapon...get over it Mags...Pretti fucked around and found out. He shouldn't have been there at all. Not interacting in a bad way with agents. bet he won't do that anymore......just saying.

[Lobo]

So, he just ignored all of his training, then?

Except the military combat training, which might have been useful in the Iraq War, or in any combat zone in any foreign country we're at war with, but doesn't seem particularly appropriate for use against American cities.

It's not surprising, with Trump, Noem, Bondi, Miller and the others telling them that Americans are "The Enemy", that they have the green light to do anything they want, with assurances that Trump & Co will lie for and never hold them to account for any crimes they commit, just as he pardoned and praised his 1500 violent January 6 MAGA Insurrectionists.

[PirateLT]

I Was A Combat Soldier In Iraq. Here's The 1 Question Everyone Should Be Asking About ICE Right Now.

As a combat soldier, I recognize a mission when I see one — not because it’s announced, but because it’s being carried out. In the span of weeks, ICE and Border Patrol operations in Minneapolis have resulted in the deaths of two Minnesotans. In over a year of combat in Iraq, my battalion of 500 soldiers did not kill a single person. 

My unit spent 397 days on the battlefield. We were shot at. We feared for our lives. Snipers fired from crowds. Improvised explosive devices lined the roads we were ordered to clear. And still, we did not return fire unless strict conditions were met: The shooter had to be clearly identified, civilians could not be in the line of fire, and lethal force had to be the last resort.

Why? Because that was not our mission.

Our mission was to build bases, secure supply routes, and protect civilian life. We were governed by Rules of Engagement, the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and the War Crimes Act. Violations were not brushed aside. Soldiers are criminally accountable when we break the law. That accountability is what separates professional soldiers from mercenaries.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/combat-soldier-iraq-heres-1-163646146.html

[Lobo]

<< RittenHouse was not concealing a weapon...>>

No. He was brandishing, waving around and shooting people... not with a small pistol he could holster, but a big testicles-substitute AR-15 civilian assault rifle.

<<get over it Mags...Pretti fucked around and found out. He shouldn't have been there at all. Not interacting in a bad way with agents. bet he won't do that anymore......just saying.  >>

Yeah, a real bad guy "terrorist"; a trained ICU nurse, brandishing a cellphone, trying to medically assist a woman the ICE thugs had beaten up, pushed to the ground, restrained, and then emptied a can of so-called "pepper spray" caustic chemical straight into her face -- stuff that can easily blind a person for life if misused like that and not treated immediately.

But he won't do anything like that anymore...

[ImStillMags Mags]

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