"#RobertaTarnove was horrified last week when she learned that a man protesting #ICE was shot and killed in #Minneapolis. And it wasn’t just because someone was dead.

The 65-year-old #Jewish resident of #LosAngeles was also distressed that federal officials said the agents were justified in shooting #AlexPretti because they believed he was armed. #Pretti, 37, was a licensed #gunowner in a state where carrying a #gun openly is legal.

“I’m very sad. He certainly had every right to carry a gun,” Tarnove said.

The situation hit home for Tarnove because she, too, owns guns and has a permit allowing her to carry concealed #firearms.

“As a Jewish person whose Sunday school teachers were mostly #Holocaust survivors, there was something about #DonaldTrump’s presidential run that just hit me hard,” she said. “The #dogwhistles and things just sounded alarm bells in my head, and so I think I need to get a gun..."

https://www.jta.org/2026/01/29/united-states/after-alex-pretti-killing-in-minneapolis-jewish-gun-owners-confront-second-amendment-tensions/

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