Amid reports the Justice Department is weighing banning transgender people from owning firearms in response to last month’s mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church, the National Rifle Association said Friday it will oppose any blanket rule that limits Second Amendment rights.
Their declaration comes after CNN and other outlets reported that Justice Department leadership is considering whether it can use its rulemaking authority declare that people who are transgender are mentally ill and can lose their rights to possess firearms.
I’m positive the NRA supports the transgender ban. In their past they supported the Mulford Act when the Black Panthers were copwatching.
My bet is they’ll say second amendment today to save face and instead push for any changes to be only related to diagnosed mental illness. Then they’ll be silent when the transgender community is thrown into that category during a second legislative pass.
Honestly, knowing the dire straights the NRA has been in the past 10 years or so, it wouldn’t be a bad time to try and rebrand. Right wingers aren’t nearly as big fans of them anymore after they’ve rolled over on basically every gun rights case that’s come up, so I’m kinda hoping this is an actual attempt at doing something.
Gosh, I hope you’re correct. I would love to be wrong in my prediction.
I’m certainly not holding my breath, but it wouldn’t be a bad hail-Mary play for them
It was a very different organization then. They really radicalized in the 80s. They became less focused on gun safety and hunters/target shooters and more focused on tacticool loonies.
Those tacticool loonies would support a transgender ban and the NRA supports red flag laws. Pass a red flag law and then let congress mark transgender people as red flagged. I’m sure the NRA won’t loose a single tacticool loonie’s membership with such an action.