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NRA says it opposes idea of banning transgender Americans from owning |
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN |
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Source: CNN |
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Amid reports the Justice Department is weighing banning transgender |
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people from owning firearms in response to last month’s mass shooting |
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at a Minneapolis Catholic church, the National Rifle Association said |
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Friday it will oppose any blanket rule that limits Second Amendment |
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rights. |
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Their declaration comes after CNN and other outlets that Justice |
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Department leadership is considering whether it can use its rulemaking |
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authority declare that people who are transgender are mentally ill and |
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can lose their rights to possess firearms. |
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“The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law abiding |
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Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms,” the organization |
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said in a .”NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals |
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that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding |
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citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process.” |
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The post was captioned, “The Second Amendment isn’t up for |
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debate.” |
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The NRA confirmed to CNN it was commenting on the Justice Department |
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discussions. |
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Though the internal talks are preliminary and a final rule is far from |
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being implemented, the discussions were faced with an immediate public |
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outcry – including from civil rights groups and gun advocacy groups |
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who claim any such rule would be overly broad and unconstitutionally |
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target a minority group’s rights. |
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There is no evidence to suggest transgender people are more likely to |
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commit mass attacks. Data does show, however, that transgender people |
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are far more likely to be the victims of a violent crime. |
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The idea of restricting gun rights has long been a red line for |
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conservatives, with many Republican lawmakers and gun rights groups |
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opposing red flag laws and other policies aimed at keeping guns away |
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from people suffering from mental health issues. |
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Powerful gun rights groups like the NRA have long objected to any |
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sweeping restrictions on the Second Amendment of the Constitution, |
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including during Donald Trump’s first administration. After the 2017 |
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mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people at a music festival, |
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the NRA initially supported, but regulations on bump stocks. Those |
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regulations were eventually struck down by the Supreme Court. |
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