Why Trump should impose a trans gun ban

As President Trump’s Department of Justice deliberates over a gun ban on transgender people, we must stop and reflect on the environment we have created for our children and ask whether we are truly protecting them.

Whenever tragedy strikes, progressives rush to the microphones to declare that the problem is “guns.” They insist that if only we banned this weapon or restricted that accessory, shootings would stop. They blame inanimate objects instead of focusing on the people who actually pull the trigger. The recent shootings in Nashville (2023) and Minneapolis (2025) should force us to confront uncomfortable truths – not about firearms, but about what is happening inside our culture and what our leaders are pushing on the next generation.

On March 27, 2023, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who identified as transgender, entered the Covenant School in Nashville and murdered three children and three adults. Hale had meticulously planned the attack, leaving behind writings showing an obsession with violence and a hatred of self. Police ultimately stopped the rampage, but not before families were destroyed forever.

Two years later, on August 27, 2025, 23-year-old Robin Westman, a transgender woman and former student, opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis during a back-to-school Mass. She killed two children, injured 17 more, and ultimately took her own life. Like Hale, Westman had left behind videos and a manifesto showing a disturbing fascination with mass shooters and a desire for infamy.

In both cases, the evidence shows that the shooters were motivated not by their identity alone, but by a toxic blend of mental instability and self-loathing. The common thread is clear: both individuals were deeply troubled, and both had access to firearms despite glaring warning signs.

Progressives scream “gun control” after each tragedy, but they refuse to address the elephant in the room: the mental state of those who commit mass shootings. The uncomfortable truth is that individuals struggling with deep identity conflicts, fueled by hormone treatments or rapid social transitions, are often at greater risk of instability. Pretending otherwise is reckless.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul pushed through the so-called “ERA” amendment that enshrines the right for minors to undergo sex changes – without parental consent – into the state constitution. Hochul also banned body armor and raised the age for legal gun purchases after the Buffalo shooting. Yet she refuses to fix New York’s “Raise the Age” law, which effectively removes accountability for minors who possess or even use illegal guns.

This trend extends well beyond New York. Across the US, “leaders” from both are implementing conflicting policies that reveal deep hypocrisy.

So ask yourself: how is it logical to remove consequences for teenagers carrying illegal firearms, while simultaneously giving those same teens the ability to permanently alter their bodies with hormones and surgeries they cannot possibly understand? Progressives call it “compassion,” but the outcome is confusion, instability, and is leading to tragedy and violence.

The question that no Democrat seems willing to answer is why they are so determined to push radical gender ideology onto children. Why the obsession with chemically and physically altering kids who are still developing, who are vulnerable, and who are easily influenced?

These are irreversible decisions that can scar someone for life. Instead of helping children develop resilience, coping skills, and a healthy sense of self, progressives are telling them that their bodies are the enemy – and offering hormones and surgeries as the “solution.” For some, this sets the stage for severe mental health consequences. And when mental instability meets an obsession with notoriety and easy access to illegal firearms, tragedies like Nashville and Minneapolis become more likely.

The hypocrisy doesn’t end there. Democrats slammed President Trump when he banned transgender individuals from military service, claiming it was discriminatory. Yet these same leaders claim their top priority is “preventing gun violence.” How does it make sense to place individuals undergoing major hormone treatments – who may be struggling with identity or mental health – in positions where they are armed, trained for combat, and placed in volatile international environments? That’s not compassion; that’s recklessness.

Progressives want to ban average Americans from owning body armor. They want to restrict legal gun ownership for law-abiding citizens. But they’re simultaneously handing confused kids hormones, protecting minors who carry illegal guns from accountability, and pushing for transgender inclusion in the armed forces. These contradictions are completely illogical and are flat out dangerous.

The Nashville and Minneapolis shootings were not just random tragedies. They are warnings. They show what can happen when identity crises, untreated mental illness, and a culture of victimhood collide with a political movement more concerned with ideology than with reality.

Instead of scapegoating firearms, lawmakers must confront the uncomfortable truth: our society is destabilizing children by stripping parents of authority, pushing radical ideology and fueling confusion with irreversible medical interventions. Add to this a justice system that coddles young offenders, and we are setting the stage for disaster.

The solution isn’t simply more bans on law-abiding citizens. It’s accountability, honesty, and a serious national conversation about what we are doing to our kids. If we don’t stop pushing confused children down a path of irreversible harm, we should not be surprised when some of them end up in crisis – with tragic consequences for innocent families and communities.

Until this self-inflicted crisis is resolved everyone in a bipartisan fashion should support ending the double standard where law-abiding, stable citizens face restrictions, policymakers ignore minors with illegal weapons or gloss over ideological factors that may contribute to instability and seriously consider the President’s idea to ban transgenders from obtaining deadly weapons.