Watch them label Transgerism as a mental illness and use it to revoke firearms…
Get yo guns while you can, and make use of those stand your ground laws.
its worth considering that just because someone is “mentally ill” doesn’t mean they shouldnt be allowed to own a gun either. There are plenty of mental illnesses that don’t pose a significant threat to that right.
Well it actually was a classified as a mental illness forever until 2013 when DSM-V was issued and “gender identity disorder” was removed and replaced with “gender dysphoria”. That changed the focus from treating trans folks like the illness was being trans, and shifted it to treating the distress caused by the mismatch between the gender they are in their head and the gender they see when they look at their body. Not all trans folks fit the criteria of having gender dysphoria.
Plus… there’s the bureaucratic issue of placing the diagnosis on the trans person… “they” can’t just come get your guns b/c you “have a mental illness”. And generally, the whole thing about people with mental illness not having access to firearms is typically to prevent self harm… not to prevent dangerous behavior towards others. That’s a protection I feel is worthwhile on the whole.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-transgender-is-no-longer-a-diagnosis/
You seem to underestimate the lengths the republicans will go to push their “culture war”. It is not an ambiguous “they”, it is the republican party paired with their various fringe alt right groups.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-deploys-new-texas-tactical-border-force
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-transgender-adults/
Edit: Adding the tracking of the bill’s progress to show it is still a threat. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB1029/2023
Good! I’m a Texan and guns are great for lots of things, from boars to bigots.
Y’all are a gun cult and don’t even know it
Texans? Yeah they know they’re a gun cult. It’s like their thing.
fools. get out of there while you still can.
Not everyone can just leave. For example I have joint custody & under my state’s law I can’t leave the state with my kids without my ex’s written permission.
Fearing? The state leaders are making it clear they want trans folk eradicated. They want them to stay out of public life and out of any position of power.
I’m glad that transgender and gay people are finally starting to arm themselves seriously; gov’t can’t and won’t protect against right-wing hate. (Esp. since cops are often the ones promoting that hate.)
Get strapped, get trained, and stay as safe as you can.