Even the NRA disagrees with Trump on this one
In the wake of Mortal mass shot In a Catholic school in Minnesota, the Trump administration seeks to ban transgender people to buy firearms, CNN reported.
According to the CNN report, the Ministry of Justice examines whether it can declare that trans persons are mentally ill in order to prohibit them from having firearms. Even the National Rifle Association is against the idea.
“The NRA supports the rights of the second amendment to all Americans who respect the laws to buy, own and use firearms”, the NRA wrote In an article on X. “The NRA does not support and will not support any policy proposal which implements prohibitions of firearms which arbitrarily exceed citizens respecting the laws of their rights of the second amendment without regular procedure.”
Republicans and right influencers have blame The shot of August 27 at Minnesota – which was carried out by a trans woman – on gender ideology, rather than by the ease with which almost anyone can buy the type of semi -automatic weapons used in many mass shots in the United States.
Of course, there is Not an epidemic of trans people who make mass fire. The vast majority of mass shots are carried out by cisgenres men, the Rockefeller Institute of Government conclusive than more than 95% of mass shooters are men.
But that did not prevent the Republicans from focusing on gender identity rather than the foolish fiery weapons in the United States, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant prosecutor for civil rights at the Ministry of Justice of Trump, told a right podcastor that hormonal replacement therapy was even to blame for the shooting.
“One of the factors that are not discussed is that the pumping of a child full of drugs that claim to change his gender identity have many side effects, he has permanent side effects”, Dhillon said Right commentator Eric Bolling.
And the whip of the majority of the house Tom Emmer (R-MN) went so far as to blame the law on transgender refugees from Minnesota for the shooting.
“We were able to respect everyone”, emmer said to the New York Post. “We must have compassion for everyone. But we must understand that we have serious mental health problems that are exacerbated by these types of messages by people like [Gov. Tim Walz] And all those who supported this law. »»
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If Trump tries to ban trans people from having firearms, it would be far from the first time he attacked the marginalized community. Trump prohibited Trans from serving in the army and has cruelly forced to leave transgender soldiers currently without the retirement services they have won. And Trump also threatened to strip colleges and universities in federal funding if they allowed Trans to participate in female sports.
