By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
A Minneapolis man described by Fox News as being unable to legally possess firearms went on social media following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti Saturday and called for people who can own guns to interfere with immigration officials.
It is just one of the strange twists in the aftermath of the shooting death of 37-year-old Pretti in a highly-publicized incident. President Donald Trump has dispatched border czar Tom Homan to Minneapolis.
The self-described “Antifa” member identified as Kyle Wagner reportedly launched an Instagram video promoting an armed turnout to oppose the immigration operation. When TGM checked, it appeared his Instagram account had been removed.
A former chairman of the Minneapolis GOP, Shawn Holster, reportedly told Fox News Digital that Wagner is among “wannabe influencer” who should leave Minneapolis.
Pretti was fatally shot multiple times by officers during a physical altercation which was captured on video from several different angles. He had been legally armed with a semi-auto pistol, which was seen being grabbed by one of several immigration officers, and a second later shots rang out. Pretti died at the scene.
Wagner, in an image posted by Fox News, reportedly declared in the now-removed video, “we can’t end this without good men in the streets, armed and ready to protect innocent people from being gunned down by these massed murderers, these fascist occupiers.”
There are tens of thousands of legally-armed Minnesota gun owners who have carry permits, which do not limit them to concealed carry.
According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, “Under Minnesota law, you must obtain a permit to carry a handgun in public. The law does not require that you conceal the weapon. If you have a Permit to Carry you don’t need to obtain a Permit to Purchase to obtain a firearm. To obtain a Permit to Carry fill out a Permit to Carry Application and submit it to the sheriff’s office in the county where you live.”
Carry permits are valid for a period of five years, and they are renewable.
As previously reported by TGM, Pretti was seen using a cell phone to record law enforcement activities before he was fatally shot. Eyewitness accounts and videos appear to conflict with administration statements on the incident, and there is no evidence he drew the pistol he was carrying, or that he even had his hand on it.
