BREAKING: DOJ Considering Banning Transgenders From Owning Guns

This will keep Christian children safe in school.

As a response to the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, the Department of Justice is considering possibly banning transgender individuals from owning guns.

The talks, however, are currently in their preliminary stages and will more than likely face concerns about constitutional rights violations.

CNN reported more on the moves the DOJ may take when it comes to banning transgender individuals from owning guns:

In the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting, 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.

The talks, described as preliminary in nature, appear to build on an idea that has gained some currency in conservative media since the Minneapolis shooting that killed two children and injured 21, most of them children, at Annunciation Catholic Church, an attack that police say was carried out by a 23-year-old transgender woman.

Such a move would represent a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s fight against the rights of transgender Americans.

President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders on the topic, including one barring transgender people from serving in the military and another ordering federal prisons to move transgender inmates to facilities corresponding to their gender assigned at birth.

In addition, the idea of restricting gun rights has long been a red line for conservatives, with many Republican lawmakers and gun rights groups opposing red flag laws and or other policies aimed at keeping guns away from people suffering from mental health issues.

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.

🚨#BREAKING: The Department of Justice are reportedly actively considering implementing a policy that would ban transgender individuals it classifies as mentally ill from owning firearms, framing the move as a step to prevent potential acts of violence. pic.twitter.com/msCpyeL6DD

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The Daily Wire was the first to break the story:

In the wake of the latest deadly attack on a school by a transgender-identifying individual, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is considering blocking trans-identifying people from buying firearms, The Daily Wire has learned.

“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,” one source inside the Justice Department told The Daily Wire.

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The DOJ’s discussions center on the fact that those who identify as transgender suffer from gender dysphoria, a mental disorder, the DOJ source familiar with the conversations shared with The Daily Wire. Gender dysphoria describes the sense of unease that a man or woman may feel if he or she thinks that their biological sex is mismatched with their so-called gender identity.

A DOJ spokesman would not comment on specific measures being considered, but said that a “range of options” is on the table.

“Under Attorney General Bondi’s leadership this Department of Justice is actively considering a range of options to prevent mentally unstable individuals from committing acts of violence, especially at schools,” the spokesman said.

Given the rise in transgender violence over the past decade, particularly aimed at school children, many on the right have argued that authorities should be taking a much closer look at the warning signs exhibited by transgender shooters.

Last week’s deadly shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, in which trans-identifying shooter Robin Westman killed two children and injured many more, has prompted calls from the right to investigate transgender domestic terrorism. The Daily Wire reported this week that the White House’s draft national security strategy on domestic terrorism will specifically address transgender violence.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Trump administration says transgenders in the US should not be allowed to have guns.

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