WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department is quietly considering a proposal that would strip transgender Americans of their constitutional right to bear arms — a move historians say would be a dangerous escalation in the systematic targeting of marginalized groups.

The discussions surfaced after a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 21 injured was carried out by a transgender woman .

That attack prompted conservative figures, including Donald Trump Jr. and Charlie Kirk , to link transgender identity with violent behavior. Kirk argued that those who undergo gender transition are “too crazy to own a firearm.” Kirk was fatally shot last week while debating the issue with a Utah college student.

The Justice Department proposal, still in earl

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