A number of Republicans have criticized Alex Pretti —who was killed by a federal Border Patrol agent Saturday—for carrying a gun during protest activity.

The shooting death of Alex Pretti was terribly tragic, utterly avoidable and it has turned the entire Second Amendment debate on its head.

A lawyer for Alex Pretti's family said that "nothing" in an earlier altercation with federal agents that was caught on video "could possibly have justified Alex's killing."