A June 19, Eugene Weekly article Armed and Fabulous included a June 17 email from the public affairs division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. This email informed EW that the ATF is updating the Firearms Transaction Form (4473) and that prospective buyers must mark their birth sex, rather than the sex on their official ID, on the current form. Gun buyers must complete the form to verify their identity and confirm eligibility before purchasing a firearm.

LGBTQ+ gun activists say requiring applicants to mark their birth sex could hinder transgender people’s ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

Operation Blazing Sword, a queer-centered nonprofit firearms organization, provided this statement to EW : “This new directive from ATF, stating that

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