The Justice Department is reportedly looking to ban transgender people from buying and owning firearms in the wake of last week’s Minneapolis shooting at a Catholic church and school.

Department leadership has held several meetings on such a plan, according to multiple news reports . The Washington Examiner contacted the DOJ and the White House for confirmation of the reported deliberations.

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