NRA announces it 'will not support' Trump’s new gun ban

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

President Donald Trump, like many other MAGA Republicans, isn't shy about attacking Democratic gun control proposals as assaults on the U.S. Constitution's 2ndAmendment.

But on Thursday, September 4, the Washington Post reported that the Trump-era U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was considering a gun restriction for transgender Americans. According to Post reporters Perry Stein and Natalie Allison, a source said the Trump DOJ "were considering whether being transgender is a mental illness that could, under existing firearm regulations, disqualify someone from possessing a firearm."

According to Stein and Allison, "Such a change is fraught with potential legal hurdles and risks pushback from gun-rights groups that feel that any restrictions on gun ownership could be a slippery slope that would lead to more widespread bans.

Now, the Trump administration is drawing criticism from a group with a long history of endorsing Republicans: the National Rifle Association (NRA).

In a tweet posted on September 5, the NRA declared, "The Second Amendment isn't up for debate."

The tweet depicted a flyer that the reads, "The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms."

The flyer continues, "NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process."

The NRA's tweet doesn't mention transgender Americans specifically.

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