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If you're trans, this is your signal to buy a gun ASAP.
I really hate the term gun show loophole
Maybe the situation and laws are different in other parts of the country, but at every gun show I've ever been to all of those people with stands set up selling guns are dealers, so to buy a gun through them you have to go through all the legal hoops as if you were buying from a regular gun store.
I suppose there's a lot of randos wandering around there who own guns who might be convinced to do a private sale, but that doesn't really have anything to do with them being at a gun show except it's a convenient networking opportunity. You could just as easily hang around outside of a shooting range trying to find a private seller.
I’m conflicted about this advice.
If we do end up in a civil war scenario, it’s important that gun ownership is not severely lopsided against vulnerable groups.
But in the meantime, gun ownership is a massive risk factor for suicide (attempts and fatalities), and trans folks are at a higher risk in the first place.
I do agree that suicide is a risk, and that guns increase the risk by making it very easy, 100%. I'm not gunna choose a side for you either, it's a hard one.
I do want to note two things though. It doesn't need to be a full blown civil war for them to start abusing and arresting trans people, and many trans suicides are caused by transphobia, both from other citizens and from government policy.
There won't be a civil war. Americans won't do shit.