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jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day ago

Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

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Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

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jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
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Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35448978

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  • Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    And this is why I keep telling my trans homies they need to arm themselves and offering to take them shooting away from gun nuts and Republicans.

    Armed minorities are harder to oppress.

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    And just like that, gun ownership required a mental health check, and transsexuality was labelled a mental health issue.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Mental Health Check:
      Trans <- You are here
      Non-Christians
      Democrats
      Never Trumpers
      Trump Derangement Syndrome

      • Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
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        When the king cuts friend and foe

        And every nation knows his wrath

        When he’s dead in 20 years

        We’ll be here, and they’ll be back

        When we’re all hung out to dry

        By our saviour technocrats

        It won’t matter if you’re neocon or MAGA Democrat

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
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      Good luck finding a definition that doesn’t illegalize all gender affirming care like dick pills which I imagine is something they cannot do without.

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    Gun lovers are gonna back the trans people, right???

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      “Lover” is maybe too strong a term, but as a gun owner I totally have my Trans homies backs.

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        I mostly meant those Republican gun owners who would fight for a convicted felon to have a gun. I’m guessing they will have no problem taking guns away from trans people. This is just the GOP Testing water to see how many guns they can take before there is a revolt. If they do it slow enough they can probably collect them all

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          Well, we saw how they reacted when Hunter was charged, right?

          “Oh, we didn’t mean YOU.”

    • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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      I do

    • Saljid@lemmy.world
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      Same day they fight the oppressive regime

      • whiwake@lemmy.cafe
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        Ahh, but oppression is subjective

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    Looks like they are afraid. Good.

  • MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world
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    Heads up NRA!

    The Trump regime is trying to reduce gun sales!

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      Well played.

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    Better buy now and get comfortable with your gun because they are coming for you, Noone is gonna protect you except yourself.

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      Americans will 100% let themselves be stuffed into the unmarked vans before they’ll lift a finger.

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        It already happened last time:

        https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-use-unmarked-vehicles-to-grab-protesters-in-portland

        Bonus: Totally illegal operation:

        https://www.theverge.com/c/23172433/chad-wolf-homeland-secretary-illegal-tenure-dhs

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    Not to worry, I’m sure the crowd who loves to scream, “The right to bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” any time gun control is being discussed will be strongly opposed to this too. Right…?

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    And just like that another step closer to me either driving myself to the border and leaving everything behind or to well…

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    They absolutely love the second amendment, except when people they don’t like use it. (Same with all the other amendments, and the Constitution in general.)

    Spoiler alert: they hate the Constitution.

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      In group the law protects but doesn’t bind, out group the law binds but doesn’t protect

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    Never wanted a gun but if they try this I’ll provide one to the cause

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    I am going to guess the “shall not be infringed” people will conveniently not show up for this.

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    Hate to say I called it… but, yeah. :(

    “But Justice Department leadership is seriously considering whether it can use its rulemaking authority to follow on to Trump’s determination to bar military service by transgender people and declare that people who are transgender are mentally ill and can lose their Second Amendment rights to possess firearms, according to one Justice official.”

    Me from 1 week ago:

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    I’m sure the NRA will be fighting this tooth and nail /s

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    But I got lots of hammers at home! Ban that beacho!

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    Make guns illegal for everyone. That oughtta do it.

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      That is a horrible idea at the worst possible time. Unless you mean they should and expect that to cause the citizenry to rise up?

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        It was sarcasm. 🤦‍♂️

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          Ahhh, didn’t see it. My bad.

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