"The Department of Justice is reviewing ways to designate transgender people as mentally ill as a justification for restricting their rights to own, possess, and use guns, CNN reported on Thursday. The move comes in the wake of a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late August that left two children dead and at least 21 wounded. The FBI identified the shooter as a 23-year-old transgender woman."
"The NRA's post was emphatic in its defense of broad Second Amendment rights even if the organization did not initially clarify what prompted the post. The Second Amendment isn't up for debate, said the caption. The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law abiding Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms, the post continued. NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process."
The Department of Justice reviewed designating transgender people as mentally ill to justify restricting their gun rights, according to CNN. The review followed a late‑August Minneapolis church shooting that killed two children and wounded at least 21; the FBI identified the shooter as a 23‑year‑old transgender woman. The Trump administration previously issued actions affecting transgender people, including an executive order barring transgender service in the military. The NRA issued a statement opposing sweeping gun bans that strip law‑abiding citizens of Second Amendment rights without due process and later clarified it responded to the reported DOJ proposal. CNN reporting found no evidence transgender people are more likely to commit mass attacks and noted higher victimization rates among transgender people.
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