Justice Department talks about banning transgender gun owners spark fury across political spectrum
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Ministry of Justice thinks that transsexual people are thinking of restricting it from having weapons, and attracts quickly condemned from arms rights groups and LGBTQ defenders – this is a movement that will definitely face constitutional difficulties if it is applied first of all.
Comes after discussions Shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic School Last month, federal officials were carried out by a transsexual shooter according to a person who knows the issue. Speaking about anonymity to discuss internal negotiations, the person warned that the negotiations were in the early stages and no proposal was completed.
Nevertheless, senior officials under Trump were discussing such an idea in the political spectrum. LGBTQ defenders called them as misunderstood and dangerous because the majority of mass shootings in the United States were carried out by men and did not contain transsexual people.
“Transsexual people are less than 2% of the general population, but the probability of being a victim of crime is four times more,” Glaad said. “Everyone deserves to be themselves, to be safe and to get rid of violence and discrimination. We all deserve the leaders who give priority to keeping us all safe and free.”
Since Trump returned to the office, he has aimed at the management of transsexual people in various ways; military servicescrub Federal websites He talks about them, trying to change the sex marker passportquest Personal Information Care patients who cause sex from doctors and clinics, and their transsexual girls and women Sports Competitions.
The Ministry of Justice said in a statement in response to questions about firearms, the agency actively evaluates the model of violence that we see from individuals with certain mental health difficulties and substance addiction disorders ”. However, the department said: “Currently, a certain criminal justice proposal has not been developed.”
Some conservative figures united around the idea of restricting weapons for people who were diagnosed with gender dysphoria – because a person’s gender and gender identity did not match, through a federal law that prevents people from having firearms if they are decided mentally flawed.
Alejandra Caraballo, a transgender rights activist and Harvard Law Faculty Trainer, said, “It is incredibly worrying for them to appear on the table”. “This is not something incredibly difficult to do logistics or practically, but it will be politically explosive in terms of the reaction of the second change groups.”
He promised to fight against any proposal that imposes a blanket ban on a blanket aimed at a part of the population – including politically strong groups such as arms advocates – the National Rifle Association and the American weapon holders.
Nra said on Friday, a social media mission, “The second change is not ready to argue,” he said. “Nra does not support and support any policy proposals that apply comprehensive weapons prohibitions that are randomly adopted by the laws of the Second Amendment Rights.”
Another Group of Arms Rights called the Citizens Committee discussions “disturbing ..
Group President Alan Gottlieb, “All groups to have fiery weapons and firearms to prohibit, a sick individual, abuse the gun to harm and kill children, some people committing crimes can be understood as limiting the rights of all citizens,” he said. “He will think that everyone is such a bullshit under the Trump administration.”
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The Associated Press correspondent Geoff Mulvihill in Philadelphia contributed.
