NRA opposes Trump-led proposed trans gun restrictions

The National Rifle Association (NRA) reported that the Trump administration is considering a way to limit the ability of transgender people to buy guns.

According to its website, the gun lobby, the largest in the United States, has 5 million members, issued a statement Friday strengthening its commitment to carry weapons by all law-abiding Americans.

That’s because Justice Department officials held several internal meetings, which had imposed restrictions at revenge school shooter Robin Westman, who was identified as trans, killed two people and caused 18 people late last month. according to Associated Press.

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“The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans to purchase and use firearms,” ​​the statement said.

“The NRA will not and will not support any policy recommendations to implement a comprehensive gun ban that deprives its law-abiding citizens of all respects Second Amendment There is no right to due process. ”

Apart from the NRA, the U.S. Gun Owners (GOA) have issued a clear, uncompromising position on this issue.

Goa wrote on X: “Goa opposes all gun bans.

“American gun owners have not compromised our support for the rights of all to reserve and carry weapons,” the organization quoted Senior Vice President Erich Pratt in another article.

The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR), another major gun lobby, has not formally imposed trade-offs on the issue, but its president, Dudley Brown, said he opposed the idea. He argued on X that marking people as “spiritually flawed” to deprive gun rights would be an illegal act in the legitimate process.

Several sources told Fox News that the conversation between Justice Department officials was in an early stage and did not take any specific steps. A source pointed out the “pattern” Shooting The attacks were carried out by trans people, including Westman.

Audrey “Aiden” Hale, who is transgender, killed six people in 2023 at Covenant School in Nashville. Trans teen Alec McKinney is one of two shooters at Stig School in Colorado, one of whom was killed and eight others were injured.

Another source said the Justice Department’s discussion on prohibiting transgender people from buying or owning firearms involves the office of legal counsel, which provides legal advice to the administration.

Audrey Hale, 28, covenant school shooter, posed for a photo of the driver’s license and a school surveillance video posted by Nashville police. Hale killed three 9-year-olds and three adults in a private school connected to the church. (Nashville Metropolitan Police Department)

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Sources show that Justice Department officials are currently thinking through a viable legal framework. Such discussions may be roped in the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, guns and explosives (ATF), which is part of the Justice Department and has power over federal rules related to guns.

When asked about the negotiations, a spokesman for Justice Department downplayed the discussions for trans people, telling Fox News that the department has been studying many options to address the correlation between shootings and mental health, but has not proposed any specific options.

“Ministry of Justice” “The choice of violence patterns we see from individuals with specific mental health challenges and substance abuse diseases is being actively assessed. There is currently no specific criminal justice recommendations,” the spokesperson said.

One of the sources said Justice Department officials “are reviewing methods to ensure that psychopaths with gender irritability cannot access guns when they are instability and discomfort.”

The Colt M4 Carbine and AR-15 style rifle are on display at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

People with mental health conditions usually do not buy guns under current laws, which the Supreme Court recently reiterated in the 2024 U.S. v. Rahimi. But in some cases, such as a court that believes someone is mentally incompetent, the information should appear in a background check and prevent the client from obtaining a gun license.

LGBTQ advocates say the ban is misleading and dangerous, believing that the vast majority of mass shootings in the United States are conducted by people and do not involve transgender people.

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“The transgender people are less than 2% of the overall population, but four times the victims of crime,” Glad said. “Everyone should be themselves, safe and get rid of violence and discrimination. We all deserve priority to make sure that we all have access to leaders.”

since President Donald Trump Back in the office, his administration has evacuated trans people from military service, scrubbed some federal websites that mentioned their websites and tried to ban the change of gender markings on passports. The government also strongly opposes allowing biological men to participate in women’s sports and limiting access to so-called gender-affirming care.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.