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.
If “trans lose their gun rights” becomes a headline then “all us citizens lose their gun rights” is on the next train and the NRA is almost utterly pointless. They can smell what’s coming because they were on that side of the fence for far too long.