US considering gun ownership ban for trans people

[Morphine Prince 109,926]

In the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting, senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.

The talks, described as preliminary in nature, appear to build on an idea that has gained some currency in conservative media since the Minneapolis shooting that killed two children and injured 21, most of them children, at Annunciation Catholic Church, an attack that police say was carried out by a 23-year-old transgender woman.

Such a move would represent a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s fight against the rights of transgender Americans.

President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders on the topic, including one barring transgender people from serving in the military and another ordering federal prisons to move transgender inmates to facilities corresponding to their gender assigned at birth.

In addition, the idea of restricting gun rights has long been a red line for conservatives, with many Republican lawmakers and gun rights groups opposing red flag laws and or other policies aimed at keeping guns away from people suffering from mental health issues.

But Justice Department leadership is seriously considering whether it can use its rulemaking authority to follow on to Trump’s determination to bar military service by transgender people and declare that people who are transgender are mentally ill and can lose their Second Amendment rights to possess firearms, according to one Justice official.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/transgender-firearms-justice-department-second-amendment

[Flippy 14,618]

Seriously…? Let’s alienate all trans people because of a f’d up individual? What about all of the straight cis white men?!  This makes my blood boil. 

[Pandauralife 1,029]

So we'll take the 2nd amendment away from trans people but not hate groups like the KKK, neo-Nazis, and the WBC??? 

[The Breast 6,777]

But I thought trans people didn't exist??

[howsAnnie 578]

As a European, I have to ask: Is there anybody in the US who is still unaware that you are living in a fascist regime now, or... ??

[nATAH 57,902]

and what about all the cisgender shooters?

[REALITY 80,247]

I want to f*cking pull my hair out, this country is insane 

[Borisapillar 10,166]

lol whatever

[SevenWonder 4,778]

So trans don't exist but they also can't own guns. 

Gee, that tracks. 

MAGA is an fing malignant disease and must be stopped. 

[NUTELLA 29,939]

Now a bunch of transgender people will scramble to arm themselves when they otherwise wouldn’t have… the NRA stays laughing 

[Emvee 8,858]

While they’re at it, ban gun ownership for white men since they’re commonly mass shooters. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 55,282]

More anti-constitutional behavior from this admin. No way this holds any legal muster, but absolutely disgusting and completely predictable.

[Reid LePage 5,048]

why not ban them for... oh gosh i don't know... everyone else?

[elegidadedios 5,101]

3 minutes ago, Reid LePage said:

why not ban them for... oh gosh i don't know... everyone else?

I was about to say this 

thank you

 

[Bronco 27,597]

There's no way the NRA will let them do this because of the risks it will pose to their efforts to prevent gun bans more generally. 

It completely eradicates the entire NRA message that gun bans wont stop school shootings etc.