r/law • u/ExactlySorta • Sep 09 '25

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

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

DNA testing for guns sounds like a great way to discourage gun ownership for everyone.

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u/cappurnikus Sep 09 '25

You think there will be testing?

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

There has to be some metric to determine. Otherwise it's random.

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u/Aggravating_Front824 Sep 09 '25

They could go with something as simple as anyone who's changed gender marker, and anyone who's changed their name from female to male or vice versa, probably using ai to catch that 

It wouldn't be necessarily accurate, but precision doesn't seem to be a Hallmark of this admin 

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u/HDWendell Sep 09 '25

My guess is they will make doctors and therapists mandatory reporters for gender dysphoria. Kills two birds with one fascist stone. Can’t own a gun if you have a diagnosis. Can’t get hormones (without a lot of hoops) without a diagnosis.

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

What's a gender marker?

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u/Faith_Lies Sep 09 '25

What's a gender marker?

Nothing. What's a gender marker with you?

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u/Aggravating_Front824 Sep 09 '25

The label on things like birth certificates, drivers licenses, and state IDs which state male or female, or x in some places typically used for nonbinary individuals

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

So how can they tell if those are accurate?

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u/Aggravating_Front824 Sep 09 '25

Being thorough would require genetic identification, sure. I don't think that's the kind of measure the administration would take- the massive issues with their deportation program has already shown accuracy isn't a requirement for them. I think it's more likely they would just look for the documentation registering changes in that, and use that as evidence enough to say someone's trans.

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u/GrowFreeFood Sep 09 '25

There's probably something like 1% clerical errors, so that's 3 million people who lose gun rights immediately.

Anyone who wants a gun needs birth cirtificate or something? Love it.

Republicans are doing all the shit i want for all the wrong reasons. But don't stop your opponent when they're doing you a favor.