In the wake of a horrific shooting that shocked the nation, President Donald Trump starkly broke with pro-gun groups in off-the-cuff remarks: “Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said during a televised meeting with lawmakers.

Top Trump administration officials have challenged long-held GOP orthodoxy on the Second Amendment in recent weeks — bringing condemnation from gun rights groups but notably not Republicans in Congress.

President Trump has upset gun right groups and shifted his Second Amendment politics after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota.

Activists criticized the president after he blamed Alex Pretti for carrying a gun in Minneapolis before federal agents killed him. But there is little sign of a lasting rupture.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is in clean-up mode after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped in it with gun rights advocates by threatening to take away firearms. The Fox News host’s comment on Monday sparked a firestorm among the MAGA base and Second Amendment advocates,

Gun rights groups have spoken out against Trump’s comments on gun possession after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti.

Pretti was legally carrying a gun that was never drawn before he was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent Saturday.

The president’s comments merged online speculation with documented concerns about one of America’s most popular handguns, SIG Sauer’s P320.

By Jarrett Renshaw Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot by a federal agent during a confrontation in Minneapolis, should not have been carrying a gun or fully loaded magazines,