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.
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.