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.
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.
The enemy of my enemy and all that shit.
Also, limiting the sale of anything creates a perceived scarcity, which also can tend to increase sales. It appears that’s already playing in their favor as well.
A broken clock…
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.
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.
2A for all. If they’ve got guns, we should, too
Next mental illness: empathy
Not surprising. In a civil war, the only one who wins is the person selling the guns.
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.
“Oh you mean you’ve never had a brain worm? That alone is enough reason to put you in a straight jacket.”
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
I would not have called that one.
Don’t forget, on the firearm purchase application it asks if you currently or have ever smoked marijuana, which would exclude you from being allowed to purchase a weapon. I’d like to believe that question answered honestly would include almost every current firearm owner…so normal hypocrisy I suppose.
Should ask if you drink alcohol.
It’s currently 1:10 AM in Moscow. Wait a few hours until they get new direction from Management …
