Saw tons of comments the last couple days about “Where’s the NRA to defend trans gun owners huh??!?”
Well here’s your answer - they said 2nd Amendment rights are for everyone and due process matters. Sometimes being cynical is just hurting your perspective.
Yah, there’s a large difference between cynicism and realism.
They’re defending their market, not the rights of trans Americans. If they actually cared about freedom and the constitution they would be uniting every gun owner to march on Washington and demand a president who follows the constitution, you know, the whole THING the NRA was supposed to represent.
Eh if all Trans people where black the NRA would have a different tune.
I’m OK with the NRA not being hypocritical this time. Doesn’t mean anyone should expect anything from them.
If your grandma had wheels she could be a Go-Bot, so what?
Sure, but they’re not defending trans people, they defending guns.
Well they arent a trans lobbying group. They’re a gun ownership and gun rights lobbying group.
Except that one time in California when black people were arming themselves.
The NRA is all "motherfuckers still calling us out about the Mulford Act (which was also Republicans targeting marginalized gun owners), we’re not making that mistake again…"
Ah, but this isn’t arbitrary!
But, but, due process would take too much time… (that’s what their excuse for ICE is)
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. The NRA (or its political arm) is a lobbying group for the gun industry. Banning any group from buying guns hurts the gun industry.
They didn’t complain, or at least loud enough for me to hear, when he banned some gun accessories on his last term. Was it bump stocks or something?
None of his base did, despite losing their shit about Obama and Joe “going to do it”, even though they didn’t
Especially a group of people who suddenly realize they’re in danger and are scooping up guns in large numbers right now.
Ive said for years, the moment the GOP gets enough power they will be alllll for gun control.
First shot across the bow at taking guns away from Trump/MAGA dissenters and political opponents. They start with a group they don’t think will incite too many, particularly the generally pro-2A Americans. Next it’ll be gays, then anyone with any connection to antifa, then just Democrats in general.
My sister is looking at rifles now to complement her carry pistol and my friend’s wife has OK’d him getting a handgun for their home from this news.
They banned guns when the black Panthers had them.
The NRA did not do that. California did that.
The NRA fully supported the bill
Which changes nothing. The NRA didnt do that nor were they particularly powerful in the 1970s.
You’re one of the largest and most powerful lobbying groups in the country. Let’s see them actually put that lobbying to work. Then I’ll believe they’re actually against this.
They were, recent events have changed this.
“without due process”.
There’s their caveat.
So if a trans person is arrested and adjudicated as being mentally ill, the NRA is totally OK with that.
Due process means a trial. If someone murders a bunch of people the NRA will not necessarily back their 2A rights.
“Even” the NRA? They’re the last ones who would support a gun ban.
Nope, the “even” is important. The NRA supports gun control when minority groups are buying guns.
In contrast to the NRA’s rigid opposition to gun control in today’s America, the organization fought alongside the government for stricter gun regulations in the 1960s. This was part of an effort to keep guns out of the hands of African-Americans as racial tensions in the nation grew. The NRA felt especially threatened by the Black Panthers, whose well-photographed carrying of weapons in public spaces was entirely legal in the state of California, where they were based.
https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act
Even in recent years the NRA has been mixed at best when it comes to minority gun ownership. Think of all those cases where a cop shoots a black man because “they thought they saw a gun.” Whenever that happens, it’s crickets from the NRA. The cops claim the right to shoot black gun owners, even just perceived black gun owners all the time. Yet the NRA rarely comments on such cases. They should be shouting from the rooftops in such cases. Why the hell does a cop seeing a gun give them permission to shoot someone?
Many trans people are white.
I remember the NRA’s response to the murder of Philando Castile.
Is the NRA normally transphobic? They defend gun rights. This threatens gun rights.
I assume many of their members are transphobic but I think they care more about gun rights.
Exactly the organization itself is doing whatI expect it to do.
Where are all those commenters who said the NRA is anti LGBTQ?
We’re over here thinking the NRA has noticed how much flack they still get for the Mulford Act, which was the previous time they collaborated to take second amendment rights away from a marginalized group.
Wait, did the NRA just do something that wasn’t shitty for once? Broken clocks, amr?
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