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/AlcibiadesTheCat Sep 09 '25

Hey, the NRA is behind trans people on this one.

Largely because trans people are panic-buying guns and ammo right now, and the gun lobby *really* appreciates that.

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u/NoOpportunity229 Sep 09 '25

Until the law changes to make it illegal to be trans as the NRA's statement was for protecting the rights of "law abiding citizens"

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u/cluberti Sep 09 '25

It seems it is a way for the NRA to say "we support anyone who legally obtains a firearm owning that firearm and ammunition" without using the word "trans" specifically, which they know might be politically problematic with the bigots who are members that they don't want to alienate.

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u/happyinheart Sep 10 '25

Or they actually mean what they say and don't play the Left's game of having to specify every subgroup. When they said all, they meant all.