Over the weekend, a man named Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents while armed in Minneapolis.
The incident has sparked predictable reactions. Some have rushed to condemn the officers.
Others have rushed to defend them. Still others have focused their outrage entirely on Pretti, who appeared to have been lawfully carrying a weapon.
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We don’t have all the facts about the incident yet, other than that Pretti’s death almost certainly could have been avoided by him.
That’s because the reality is that exercising a constitutional right does not suspend common sense, especially when firearms and law enforcement are involved.
Would an intelligent person exercise their First Amendment right to insult 10 strangers in an alleyway at midnight?
They could, but why would
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