Absolutely. I saw this headline and was rather surprised. Note the “for now” in my post. Trans people have been targeted the entire time during this administration. I said on Lemmy for trans people need to arm themselves, and I mean carry outside when they are interacting with society, because the gays were some of the first people snatched and put into concentration camps, the trans groups seem to be the first target this time.

Because I’m not some MAGAt I am personally concerned about my safety when out in public now, although my immediate area is pretty mixed racially and politically, I still live in a Trump state. How long until some kind of martial law is declared where I live? How long until some kind of political litmus test is given to be able to purchase goods? Have a job? Etc.

Honestly, I think it would make more sense to restrict access to guns for transpeople on the grounds that they might kill themselves.

Everyone who is anti-gun loves to say that gun owners are more likely to use it on themselves than a threat. Transpeople commit suicide at significantly higher rates than the rest of the population.

It’s interesting how stances change when they suit an agenda.

They may be gun nuts but they aren’t the only ones with interest in firearms. Plenty of non-right leaning folk are well trained in my experience.

Not all of them… in fact from my experience, very few of them.

Too bad the dems convinced everyone left-of-center to disarm themselves and allow the police to arbitraily deny gun permits in blue jurisdictions. Oh, isn’t it convienient that most non-whites live in democratic jurisdictions. A racist-ass white cop can deny a law abiding black man from getting a permit so thay he can defend his small store from potential nazis trying to attack his store, thanks a lot, democrats.

Dems should just drop the guns issue ffs, literally lost texas gubernatorial election over Beto’s “We’ll take your guns” rhetoric. And leftists (and liberals too) should’ve gotten armed a long time ago.