The view that transgender people with gender dysphoria should be barred from gun ownership and required to indicate mental-health status on federal firearms forms was expressed following a Rhode Island ice-rink mass shooting. The shooter, Robert Dorgan (also Roberta), killed their son and ex-wife before suicide; Dorgan had undergone gender-affirming surgery and experienced family issues. Data show up to 98% of mass-shooting perpetrators are cisgender men. Transgender identity is not classified as a mental disorder, though gender-dysphoria diagnoses are often required for access to trans healthcare. The federal firearms form includes a mental-health question; some have called for trans people with gender dysphoria to be required to check it.
"Fox News host Lawrence Jones, during a 17 February segment discussing a 16 February mass shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink, expressed that he thinks transgender people should not be allowed to own guns in the US. Robert Dorgan, 56, killed their son and ex-wife before taking their own life during a hockey game at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket."
""If you're someone that just wants to wear a dress, no problems. If you are someone that just wants to identify as another sex, but you know deep down that you're not - but you just wanna be called 'he' or 'she' - that's one thing. But if you, from a psychological standpoint, think that you are another sex, you should not have a gun.""
"While being transgender is not classified as a mental disorder, trans people usually need to be diagnosed with a condition known as gender dysphoria, or gender identity disorder, in order to access healthcare."
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