White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (L) and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi talk to reporters during an Oval Office availability with U.S. President Donald Trump on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
After decades of political inaction after mass shootings, the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting appears to finally have spurred conservatives into action. That’s because this horrific slaying was the grotesque gift the right had been waiting for: The shooter – whose diary entries show a troubled young person immersed in extremist, racist online culture – happened to also be trans.
The Department of Justice is now considering options to ban trans people from owning guns, with senior department officials reportedly dedicating numerou