"The unnamed sources told the outlet Trump officials in the DOJ are having discussions about declaring trans people inherently mentally ill to limit their right to own guns in the wake of the shooting - something which is set out in the Second Amendment and has long been a red line issue for Conservatives. According to the official, the guns ban would be used "to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell"."
"On 27 August, at around 8.30am, Robin Westman, 23, killed Fletcher Merkel and Harper Moyski, aged 8 and 10, after opening fire through the stained glass windows at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota as pupils attended a back-to-school mass. Westman, who is believed to have been trans, died at the scene from a self-inflicted shotgun wound. The FBI is currently investigating the mass shooting as a domestic terrorism incident and "hate crime targeting Catholics"."
Donald Trump's Department of Justice is considering proposals to classify transgender people as inherently mentally ill to restrict their ability to buy and own firearms. The proposal emerged following a mass shooting on 27 August at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, where Robin Westman killed two children and injured 21 before dying from a self-inflicted shotgun wound. The FBI is investigating the incident as a domestic terrorism attack and a hate crime targeting Catholics. Right-wing narratives that transgender people commit violent crimes at higher rates have spread despite evidence to the contrary, while data shows cisgender men account for the vast majority of mass public shooters.
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