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Sep 6, 2025 DOJ considered designating being transgender as a mental illness to justify a firearm-ownership ban Tier 1 · Primary Civil Rights and Dissent
Using medical categories to strip a protected class of constitutional rights represents discriminatory weaponization of federal regulation.
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- DOJ considering ban on trans firearm ownership — Multiple outlets reported that the Justice Department is considering banning trans people from owning firearms by designating being trans as a mental illness that could disqualify someone from possessing a firearm under existing regulations.
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Week 34 – 2025-09-06–2025-09-12
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