Another Nail

Trump & Company are trying once again to put a nail in our coffin. And the 2^nd Amendment be damned!

Trump administration is trying to make it harder for trans people to buy guns

The controversy comes amid reports that trans Americans have been increasingly arming themselves as protection against the Trump administration.

LGBTQ Nation

Molly Sprayregen (She/Her)

April 27, 2026

The Trump administration is reportedly continuing to engage in efforts to prevent trans people from owning guns, or at least intimidate them into changing their minds.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) confirmed to the Independent that it is still working to update its policies in conjunction with the president’s executive order declaring there are only two innate sexes – male and female.

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Most concerning for many trans advocates is the plan to alter ATF Form 4473, the Firearms Transaction Record that all applicants must fill out, so that folks must list their sex assigned at birth.

For trans people who have a different gender listed on other legal documents, the shift could both cause bureaucratic confusion and put their safety at risk, as the administration would more easily be able to identify trans gun owners by finding people whose sex on various legal forms contradict one another.

The Republicans are supposed to be pro-Second Amendment, but as usual, it is only lip service! The Trump administration has been stoking endless fear about the “dangers” the trans community poses to others, including false claims that trans people are more likely to commit mass shootings.

The British newspaper The Independent wrote that,

Such a rule would make it easier for ATF to gather lists of trans gun owners, simply by identifying where names appear to conflict with the listed sex, according to firearms policy experts.

It could also deter trans people from buying guns legally, since complying with paperwork would create a “Catch 22” situation — and a false statement comes with the threat of federal charges and prison time, the experts said.

"Just the announcement is going to have a chilling effect," Patrick G. Eddington, a senior fellow in homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute, told The Independent.

The Second Amendment says "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" it sure does sound that our rights are being infringed upon!