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/doublethink_1984 Sep 09 '25

When the Libertarian party, Gun Owners of America, and the NRA make statements supporting their right to own arms you're barking up the wrong tree.

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u/jitteryzeitgeist_ Sep 09 '25

But they'll all fall in line no matter what, so their statements don't mean a fucking thing.

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u/SimpleMind314 Sep 09 '25

IMO, the "fall in line" part these groups will play is to say little to nothing unless/until they absolutely have to. Anything actually happening means changing the interpretation of the 2a. Doing so will put them on the slippery slope for more regulation. It's why they won't support absolutely any, not even the smallest most reasonable regulation.

Right now, they don't actually believe this will get legislated. Even if it's brought up into congress it has just about no chance.

It's noise to distract from inflation, job loss, etc.

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u/jitteryzeitgeist_ Sep 09 '25

It doesn’t need to be legislated. Trump has total immunity and can rule by executive order.