From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:39:36 -0000 (UTC), Mark Shaw wrote:   
      
   > Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >   
   > > Was he brandishing the weapon or not?   
      
   > That doesn't matter.   
      
   Explain why it doesn't matter. As I understand it, 2A gave the man the   
   right to carry a concealed weapon. He had a permit. Barbi doll Kristi   
   Noem claimed he was "brandishing" a weapon. There's about 8 videos* out   
   there that contradict that. You can see Pretti holding a smartphone   
   being pummeled by about 7 ICE brownshirts, then one of them disarming   
   him and while running away with his (Pretti's) gun the shooting starts.   
   He got 3 in the back. Says it all.   
      
   Remember this guy?   
      
      
      
   He was armed, at a protest, and it wasn't a problem.   
      
      
      
   * I wonder where Pretti's phone is. Not so much for the video, but for   
   the audio.   
      
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