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The shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026, has become radioactive almost instantly. Everyone rushed to pick a team.

Canada’s long-promised gun “buyback” is already collapsing under the weight of its own bad assumptions, and the early numbers make that painfully obvious.

And if we want to keep our rights and keep our people safe, we should be the ones leading the conversation with honesty and common sense.

The decision to debank firearm businesses was not an issue of credit worthiness or sustainable business models. It was all political. And intentional.

The question: Could you actually blow open a lock with a gun? And if so… what would it take?

Lopez lays out a scenario where, in under 20 minutes, a routine traffic stop can spiral into handcuffs, all because an officer illegally ran your gun’s serial number.

If you ever needed proof that the federal government treats gun owners like second-class citizens, look no further than the FBI’s warrantless NICS Monitoring Program.

In a ballistic reenactment, Herrera manages to duplicate a similar ricochet effect into a ballistic dummy, demonstrating how the small .22 LR round could follow an unpredictable path through soft tissue after deflection.

No law enforcement, no NRA certs, no competition backgrounds. Just personal anecdotes like, “I grew up with guns.”