Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't...."

[demmiblue]

Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."

Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-27T17:42:45.566Z

[Wicked Blue]

1. Ummm... did the January 6 insurrectionists have guns?

[tanyev]

8. Yes, and he wasn't the least bit concerned. 😠

Donald Trump knew members of the crowd at his rally near the White House on 6 January 2021 were armed, but demanded security apparatus be removed to allow them closer, and then instructed the crowd to march on the US Capitol, a witness told the January 6 committee.

Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, testified in person on Tuesday. She described how, backstage at the Ellipse shortly before his speech, Trump demanded supporters be allowed in, to fill the area to capacity as his remarks were shown on TV.

The president was warned by a Secret Service official that protesters outside security magnetometers were carrying weapons.

Trump said: “I don’t fucking care that they have weapons, they’re not here to hurt me. They’re not here to hurt me. Take the fucking mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here, let the people in and take the mags away.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/28/trump-jan-6-rally-guns-capitol-attack

[leftstreet]

2. LOL can't wait for the 2nd Amenders to hear that

Way to go Trump! Proving you just repeat whatever the last "advisor" told you

[FloridaBlues]

3. Talk to the people pointing guns at protestors he invited to speak at his convention

We remember.

[Srkdqltr]

4. Oh yes you can.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. I want this on BILLBOARDS in every NRA occupied purple district.

Demoralize. Disincentivize. Divide. Break MAGAs back while they are reeling.

[Boomerproud]

6. What about Rittenhouse?

nt

[Snarkoleptic]

7. Let's see if the 2A stalwarts push back.

They didn't have much to say when trump said this in his first term "Take the guns first, go through due process second"

https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/user-clip-donald-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second/4717030

[J_William_Ryan]

9. "Let's see if the 2A stalwarts push back."

They’ll push back with the usual lies and spin:

“That’s not with Trump meant.’

[demmiblue]

10. TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but he certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. I don't like that he had a gun.

Q: Do you agree with the assessment from some of your own officials that Alex Pretti is a domestic terrorist or assassin?

TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but he certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. I don't like that he had a gun.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-27T20:48:29.559Z

[themaguffin]

11. The NRA, GOP and right wing corporate media would be 24/7 non-stop with this if Biden, or any Dem said any of this

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. MaddowBlog-Following Pretti killing, Trump opens the door to a radical shift on gun policy

To hear the Republican president tell it, Americans “can't have guns” at public gatherings. This creates an unexpected opportunity for reform advocates.

To hear the sitting Republican president tell it, Americans “can't have guns” at public gatherings.

Whether Trump understood what he was saying or not, doesn't this create an unexpected opportunity for reform advocates? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-28T15:35:04.577Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/following-pretti-killing-trump-opens-the-door-to-a-radical-shift-on-gun-policy

On Tuesday, Trump repeated the line with even greater enthusiasm. Asked during his latest Fox News interview about the shooting, the president said: “I don’t like the fact that he was carrying a gun that was fully loaded and he had two magazines with him.” That came on the heels of a Trump appearance at an Iowa restaurant where he said that Pretti “certainly shouldn’t have been carrying a gun.”

A few hours earlier, while departing the White House, the president told reporters: “You know, you can’t have guns. You can’t walk in with guns; you just can’t.”

Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-27T17:42:45.566Z

Whether or not Trump understands this, Pretti wasn’t at a protest, and even if he had been, he was legally entitled, under existing law, to carry a firearm. Indeed, well-armed conservatives have repeatedly showed up at public protests in recent years — and federal agents didn’t kill any of them.

But maybe this is the wrong way to examine the president’s comments. In fact, perhaps it would be more constructive to see his position less as incoherent prattling from an official who doesn’t understand the law or governing, and more as an invitation to a very different kind of debate over gun policy.

To hear the sitting Republican president tell it, Americans “can’t have guns” at public gatherings. This creates an unexpected opportunity for reform advocates to introduce legislation to codify Trump’s position into federal law.

Are GOP lawmakers prepared to consider such a proposal, or are they prepared to condemn Trump’s position as unconstitutional nonsense? Watch this space.

[durablend]

13. No what he means is the LEFT can't have guns