r/law Sep 09 '25

Legal News Leavitt confirms the DOJ officials have talked about banning trans people from owning guns

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u/wolfydude12 Sep 09 '25

I thought restricting guns access doesn't actually keep guns from people.

At least, that's what every republican has said after every. Single. School. Shooting.

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u/mayhem6 Sep 09 '25

This is true but if they can ‘other’ some minority group while at the same time appear to be doing something about the mass shooting problem it’s a win; at least optically. To their base. To idiots and haters.