FACT CHECK: Don Jr. BLAMES TRANS People for America's Gun Violence — LESS THAN 0.1% is REAL Number

🚨 Don Jr. Blames Trans People for Gun Violence — The Facts Say Otherwise Tonight on The Josh Lafazan Show, we’re taking on one of the most outrageous and dangerous claims yet. In the wake of another horrific school shooting in Minnesota, Donald Trump Jr. tried to deflect from the real issue by blaming the transgender community for America’s gun violence epidemic. Let’s be clear: that’s not just cruel. It’s not just dishonest. It’s a lie. And the numbers prove it. 📊 Segment 1 — The Facts Trump Jr. Doesn’t Want You to Know Between January 1, 2013, and August 28, 2025, there were 5,729 mass shootings in the United States. Out of those, just five attackers were transgender. That’s 0.0872% — not 1%, not half a percent, not even one-tenth of one percent. Just five out of nearly six thousand. Trans people are not the cause of America’s gun violence crisis. The problem has never been trans people. The problem is, and always has been, guns. 🔫 Segment 2 — The Real Scope of Gun Violence If you want to understand why America faces such a devastating gun violence epidemic, look at the facts: The U.S. has a gun death rate far higher than any other developed nation. Firearms are now the leading cause of death for American teenagers — more than car accidents or cancer. In 2022 alone, gun violence cost the country $557 billion in medical bills, lost wages, productivity, and community trauma. That’s the crisis. That’s what’s killing kids and destroying families. Every time Republicans like Don Jr. blame anyone but guns, they’re helping that crisis continue. 🎭 Segment 3 — The GOP’s Dangerous Distraction Why make claims like this? Because it’s easier to scapegoat vulnerable groups than to confront the truth. Instead of passing universal background checks, they rant about drag shows. Instead of banning assault weapons, they invent conspiracies about gender identity. Instead of addressing the real problem — guns are too easy to get — they stoke culture wars that divide Americans and do nothing to make us safer. ✅ Segment 4 — What Democrats Are Fighting For Here’s the difference. While Republicans distract, Democrats are pushing real solutions supported by a majority of Americans: Universal background checks on every gun purchase. Banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Red flag laws to remove firearms from dangerous individuals. Safe storage laws to keep kids safe at home. Federal funding for research to treat gun violence as the public health crisis it is. These aren’t radical ideas. They’re common-sense reforms supported by Democrats, Republicans, and independents. Yet Republicans block them, because the gun lobby writes their playbook. 🌀 Segment 5 — The Bigger Pattern This isn’t the first time Republicans have tried to distract us. We’ve heard: “It’s not guns, it’s video games.” “It’s not guns, it’s mental health.” “It’s not guns, it’s doors.” And now, according to Don Jr., “It’s trans people.” But here’s the truth: every other country has video games, mental health struggles, and doors. What they don’t have is America’s level of gun violence. The difference is guns. Always has been. 📌 Segment 6 — The Takeaway Blaming the transgender community for gun violence isn’t just false. It’s a cowardly distraction from the real issue. The facts are clear: Guns are too easy to get. Republicans refuse to act. And until Congress passes meaningful reform, more families will grieve, more kids will die, and more lies will be told. The problem isn’t trans people. The problem is guns. And the longer we let Republicans distract us, the more lives will be lost. 👉 LIKE if you believe facts matter more than lies. 👉 SHARE to fight back against dangerous scapegoating. 👉 SUBSCRIBE to The Josh Lafazan Show for truth-driven political analysis. Because until America faces reality, the tragedies will continue. It’s time for Congress to act.