The Justice Department is reportedly considering banning transgender people from owning firearms in the wake of the school shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
A DOJ source told the Daily Wire that “individuals within the DOJ are reviewing ways to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell.
A Justice Department spokesman told the Daily Wire that a “range of options” is being considered “to prevent mentally unstable individuals from committing acts of violence, especially at schools.”
Another officials said, “Democrats have called for common sense gun laws for a long time” and that “this seems pretty common sense to me.”
The DOJ is now considering banning transgender individuals from owning firearms.
— Joey Mannarino 🇺🇸 (@JoeyMannarinoUS) September 4, 2025
This is absolutely necessary. Americans are not safe is completely mentally deranged people can own guns and by default transgenders fit that description.
This is a beautiful development and I am…
Robert “Robin” Westman, a young man who identified as a woman, killed two students at Annunciation Catholic Church and injured two dozen more. In his writings, it was clear that he struggled with his gender identity.
The same was true of Audrey Hale, the individual who killed six people at Covenant School in Nashville.
If the Justice Department were to enact such a rule, it would almost certainly trigger legal challenges. Opponents would allege that it violates the Equal Protection Clause under the 14th Amendment. They could also allege that the rule is discriminatory because it singles people out based on their gender identity. There are also due process issues. Banning an entire class of citizens from owning firearms without due process isn’t going to fly in the courts — and it shouldn’t.
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Nope. Disarmament should be an individualized determination. Some class-based prohibitions are fine (e.g., those with a violent criminal history), but disarming all trans people because one lunatic did a crime is not a path you want to go down, because soon it may be Gavin Newsom… https://t.co/O6B8canbpF
— Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) August 27, 2025
Moreover, the Second Amendment is clear: The right to keep and bear arms “shall not be infringed.” It does not say this right shall not be infringed “unless you’re a dude who thinks he’s a woman.”
Like most gun control laws, such a rule would be a clear violation of the Second Amendment — and it wouldn’t protect anyone. Gun control does not work. It only serves to make it harder for law-abiding people — including those who identify as transgender — to protect themselves.
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