Gun Control Debate - The Trump administration is considering preventing transgender people from owning guns following a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school [1] - The administration's potential ban on transgender people owning guns is viewed as insane because there's no evidence they are more likely to commit mass shootings [4] - Mass shootings have been carried out by more white supremacists than transgender people, yet there's no discussion of banning white supremacists from owning firearms [5] - Gun rights groups oppose the ban, fearing it sets a precedent for discretionary bans on other groups [9] Gun Violence Statistics - Gun suicide accounts for about 60% of gun deaths annually [7] - White men, representing 30% of the US population, account for 80% of gun suicides [7] Potential Solutions - Comprehensive background checks accounting for psychological factors like impulsivity, anger management, and alcohol problems could help prevent gun violence [12] - Current background check system prioritizes expediting commerce over safety [13]

Joining us now, Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Peggy Flan Flanigan. She's also running for US Senate. Uh, Lieutenant Governor, first of course, my sincerest condolences uh for the anguish that your community is experiencing today.Can you give us a sense of how the state is handling this tragedy. I mean, Ariel, first of all, thank you so much um for your uh your sympathies. Um Minnesota has been through it this summer.um this tragedy, the loss of uh the lives of two young people, an 8-year-old ...

Minnesota State Representative Emma Greenman joins us now. Uh thank you so much for being with us. You you represent the area where that shooting took place.Uh you've been hearing the stories, the horror that those kids went through and the parents. What's going through your mind tonight. >> Yeah, I mean you just heard from an eighth grader who with so much feeling and courage uh protected the folks that that he was with the parents.It is now just a place where we're just holding the community, the kids, th ...