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DOJ Weighs Restrictions on Gun Ownership for Transgender People Following Minneapolis Attack

The department says it is only evaluating options, with any rule likely to confront immediate constitutional challenges.

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Police and first responders work at the scene of a shooting near Annunciation Church and Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minneosta, on August 27, 2025. Two children were shot dead when a gunman attacked a Minneapolis church on Wednesday, with 17 people injured, 14 of them children, police said. The gunman "began firing a rifle through the church windows towards the children sitting in the pews at the mass," Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara told reporters. The pupils were marking the first week of the school year when the attack occurred. (Photo by Tom BAKER / AFP) (Photo by TOM BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Media reports say senior Justice Department officials have held preliminary talks on using rulemaking to treat gender dysphoria as disqualifying for firearm purchases.
  • A DOJ spokesperson said the agency is actively evaluating options and has advanced no specific criminal-justice proposal.
  • Federal law limits gun prohibitions to people adjudicated as mentally defective or committed to institutions, a standard legal experts say would complicate any blanket rule.
  • Gun-rights groups including the NRA and Gun Owners of America, along with LGBTQ advocates such as GLAAD, condemned the reported idea and vowed to oppose it.
  • Coverage notes scant evidence linking transgender identity to mass shootings, with the Gun Violence Archive citing only a handful of confirmed cases among thousands since 2013.