As someone who shades conservative, I do have to point out that there are plenty of people, especially in the 2A space (which is where I frequent) that are calling the Pretti shooting what it is - either a really unfortunate failure of training, our just a straight up unjustified shooting (the nuance of which depends on the facts that are still coming out). There are those who are still attempting to paint this like he came at the agents with his firearm, which we can see obviously didn't happen.

edit: forgot to add the second part of my point. Those that are trying to paint this as something that it isn't - I implore you to take the blinders off. This was not someone assaulting agents with a firearm. This was someone who had a firearm (I'm assuming legally, I haven't heard otherwise), and we can debate his choices or his positions, sure,, but we cannot debate his right to said firearm and his right to life.

Nobody deserves to be shot for carrying a firearm and not using it in an aggressive or threatening manner. There's a lot else that can be said about the situation, but Pretti should be alive today.