New legislative proposals in Washington state are putting 3D printing and similar technologies in the crosshairs when it comes to the use of the tech to create so-called “ghost guns.” But some ...

MINNEAPOLIS—Heather Zielinski had been friends with Alex Pretti for nearly a decade when she discovered something new about him. By then, she already knew he wasn’t like most guys here. He wasn’t a ...

Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training. With ...

In an era when independent bookstores often struggle to stay afloat, one small shop in Alabama has found success by ignoring nearly every convention of modern bookselling. Garden & Gun gave the title ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials’ suggestion that Alex Pretti should not have brought a legally carried handgun to a Minneapolis protest has opened a rare rift with gun ...

Claims by Trump administration officials that the man fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal ...

A viral screenshot of Donald Trump saying "only criminals carry guns" is an apparent fake. The screenshot circulated after a protester, Alex Pretti, was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Department of Homeland Security is investigating whether an errant shot from Alex Pretti’s handgun — after it was taken off of him — caused Border Patrol agents to think they were ...

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A viral screenshot of Donald Trump saying "only criminals carry guns" is fake. The screenshot circulated after a protester, Alex Pretti, was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, ...

In January 2026, after at least one federal agent shot and killed 37-year-old Veterans Affairs ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the Department of Homeland Security published (archived) an image ...