" #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..."
