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 mean on the one hand, you shouldn’t get brownie points for just doing the most basic.
On the other, thank fuck they’re actually saying something. I would guess they are doing this bc they know this means if trans people can’t buy guns, that’s a loss in profits, but that’s about the only thing that’s going to get the wealthy to take any notice. (This is also why corporations should never have been considered people, but that’s a topic for a different day).
It’s also a really slippery slope when the justice department can blanket declare entire swaths of people mentally ill. Soon, anyone who doesn’t vote would be banned from owning firearms due to their “Trump Derangement Syndrome” being classified as mental illness.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Liberals need to consider arming themselves while they still can. Guns have caused a lot of harm, but right now 90% of the guns are owned by the fascists. I’m hoping I never need guns, but I know I don’t want to find out I need them after I can’t get them.
Are they merely saying it? Or, ard they actually saying it? Basically, is their money behind it? Or, is this just a publicity stunt?
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.
It’s nice to see the gun organization likes guns more than they hate trans people
Honestly given the slippery slope of ideas like this, I’m not sure the NRA had any choice but to feel like this. Now whether they actually do anything about it is another story. It’s probably just lip service.
really surprising, they’ve been given similar choices before and have historically fought against the 2a rights of minorities
I thought the NRA went bankrupt?
Impossible. I sent thoughts and prayers.
My thoughts and prayers were for them to go bankrupt.
Big talk. They endorsed Trump in 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association#Elections
I’ll believe it when I see it
Weird times when the NRA and trans people share a common goal.
The NRA is the lobby group for gun manufacturers, and trans people are relatively well-armed. They would lose sales, that’s literally the entirety of their reasoning.
Also, bringing attention to attempts to limit guns promotes people buying guns. So, no surprise they’d try to get publicity for this to motivate more trans people to arm themselves.
More trans people should arm themselves, in fairness.
Having arms is rather handy.
Bear arms no less
I was always bare my arms.
When the sun’s out, the guns are out.
The NRA is owned by Putin’s allies, if not directly.
Trump doesn’t want armed minorities. Trust me
Sorry, did I stutter? Trump isn’t in charge, FFS. 🤦🏼♂️
No, but you seem to have forgotten that Trump is on Putin’s payroll
Payroll? Fuckpuppets don’t get paid.
The enemy of my enemy and all that shit.
A broken clock…
The NRA is a lobby group for the gun industry, and maximizing revenue through gun sales.
This is a fucking golden moment for the NRA to get a flood of support (money spent on firearms) from the left.
They can use the identical rhetoric about the government being jackbooted thugs, but this time they’d be accurate instead of hyperbolic.
Next mental illness: empathy
2A for all. If they’ve got guns, we should, too
Not surprising. In a civil war, the only one who wins is the person selling the guns.
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.
Whoa whoa whoa second amendment folks! Right? RIGHT?!
As a gun owner and enthusiast, I encourage all Americans to exercise their rights. Also, NRA can go to hell. They’re just a huge money grab. I’m a GOA member myself.
How is the GOA? I’ve been looking at 2A groups, but I don’t want to be lumped in with a bunch of maga chuds
They have to get ahead of this. Because once it starts with trans, it’ll move to another group with a bigger base. Guns gotta keep flowing for the NRA.
I would not have called that one.
