(09-07-2025, 11:19 PM)Pepper Wrote: While I oppose ANY restrictions on our rights whatsoever, I do wonder if this is political chess, not checkers. If this administration pushes to restrict transgender folks from owning firearms, the far left will find itself in a rather strange position. They'll either have to abandon their darling LGBTQ etc constituency in the name of some kind of gun control win, or they'll face the strange task of suing the federal government to block any infringement of gun rights, thus being in the strange position of defending everyone's right to bear arms. Either they'll destroy the LGBTQ cause, or more likely, spend many millions to force court rulings arguing FOR the RKBA, hopefully setting groundbreaking case law for all. I'm not sure there's a way that the administration could be in a losing situation.
The left have been trying to ban guns for EVERYBODY for decades. At no time have they ever suggested "lets exempt transgenders". They don't give a rat's ass about trans people. They're just more useful idiots. They would be happy to trade a ban on trans for a ban on "assault" rifles". If Trump is willing to infringe the rights of one class of people then he's willing to infringe YOURS if it gets him what he wants.
Terry
