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.
It’s going to be telling, because there’s the second amendment types that are single issue voters that aren’t super invested in conservative politics as a whole, they just vote Republican because they see them as the second amendment defenders. But there’s also the types that see gun politics as a tool subservient to the conservative project, which is what I see as the NRA types (I grew up around gun nuts too, and plenty of them were skeptical of the NRA). So if this materializes, we’ll see who the true believers are, and who is gonna put cultural conservatism first.
Can’t wait for the logical pretzels from the NRA crowd about how this isn’t a violation of and encroachment on 2nd amendment rights.
“they’re mentally ill! they shouldn’t have guns!!”
so you support making people pass mental health exams before buying guns?
“no!!! thats against the constitution!!!”
i would bet my last cent this is how that conversation would go
Thing is I know actual gun nuts, and while they may be transphobic af, they would be pretty opposed to this.
I’m talking the people who make guns their entire political and personal identity. Which comprises a not-small number of Americans.
It’s going to be telling, because there’s the second amendment types that are single issue voters that aren’t super invested in conservative politics as a whole, they just vote Republican because they see them as the second amendment defenders. But there’s also the types that see gun politics as a tool subservient to the conservative project, which is what I see as the NRA types (I grew up around gun nuts too, and plenty of them were skeptical of the NRA). So if this materializes, we’ll see who the true believers are, and who is gonna put cultural conservatism first.
some are some aren’t. gun people got real mad at karl inrange and replacement southpaw for saying constitutional rights are for everyone
You mean SCOTUS?