The NRA is not happy with the White House. As the WLT Report covered earlier in the week, a response to the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, the Department of Justice is now considering banning transgenders from owning guns. However, the talks are not President Trump’s official stance and are currently in their preliminary stages. Many conservative gun advocates do not agree with the possible ban. In a press release on Friday, the National Rifle Association expressed complete disagreement with the possible ban and stated that it violates the Second Amendment. Independent covered the NRA’s response: News of a potential plan from Donald Trump’s administration to block transgender Americans from owning firearms was met with an avalanche of opposition — including from major Second Amendment groups historically aligned with Republicans. The National Rifle Association, among the nation’s largest and most influential lobbying groups, said “the Second Amendment isn’t up for debate.” “The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law-abiding Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms,” the group said in a statement Friday. “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 group said. Gun Owners of America, another major gun rights lobbying group, said it “opposes any and all gun bans. Full stop.” Take a look: The Second Amendment isn’t up for debate. pic.twitter.com/AQwouV4VDd — NRA (@NRA) September 5, 2025 Fox News reported the following details on the possible ban: Department of Justice officials have had several internal meetings about putting limitations on transgender people’s ability to purchase firearms, Fox News Digital has learned. The DOJ officials’ conversations are in an early stage and no concrete steps have been taken, according to conversations with multiple sources. But the discussions surrounding two hotly contested issues for Republicans — preserving Second Amendment rights and tightening policies related to transgender people — are happening. One source pointed to a “pattern” of shootings carried out by transgender people, including the recent tragedy at a Catholic Church in Minnesota. Robin Westman, who was named Robert through 2019, killed two children and injured more than a dozen others before dying by suicide. Westman’s firearms were purchased legally, according to the Associated Press.