The current Coordinator and official spokeswoman for Pink Pistols National is Erin Palette. This account managed by Sigyn Halverstedt.
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(2/3) Ms. Palette crafted a press release as an official answer, then waited for the ATF's rule to make national news. When that didn't come, she hoped that the ATF had decided to drop the issue.
Because I'm feeling fighty:
"The ATF has constructive possession over a collection of records which they can easily and readily assemble into an illegal gun owner registry."
That's the pull quote, and it uses the ATF's own terminology against it. Now here's the context:
18 U.S.C. § 923 and 926 prohibit the ATF from maintaining a searchable database of records. However, ATF agents may enter an FFL's place of business and inspect decades' worth of Form 4473s. Given modern smartphones, there is no practical barrier preventing an agent from photographing those forms, digitizing them, and searching them later. While those actions would be illegal, the current system relies entirely upon agent restraint, not impossibility.
Since the ATF could assemble such a registry easily using materials they have access to, that counts as constructive possession of a federal firearms registry, which is prohibited by law.
(1/3) By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.
Back in November 2025 our National Coordinator was asked for her thoughts on this very topic by Eve Weston of the @eugeneweekly.
eugeneweekly.com/2025/11/20/…
(3/3) However, it appears that the ATF was instead planning to unveil it along with a host of other new rules and hope it didn't get noticed.
Well, we noticed. The opinion of Operation Blazing Sword - Pink Pistols has not changed since 20 November 2025.
The Second Amendment applies to all Americans, including transgender and non-binary Americans. Nothing in federal law makes it illegal to be transgender or non-binary, which means nothing in federal law strips them of the right to purchase, keep, and bear arms.
This new directive from ATF, stating that firearm purchasers shall identify themselves by their biological sex on the Firearm Transaction Record - Form 4473, forces lawful gun purchasers into an impossible bind. A transgender woman who writes ‘female’ on her Form 4473 risks being accused of providing false identifying information under the President’s order. If she instead writes ‘male,’ she risks being accused of providing identifying information that no longer matches the appearance of her lived identity, undermining the form’s stated purpose of helping law enforcement identify a purchaser. That Catch-22 is not a safety measure. It is a trap.
This contradiction is especially ironic given that the ATF itself added a ‘non-binary’ option to the Form 4473 in December 2019, during President Trump’s first term. The Trump administration raised no objection at the time, or at any point before he left office in January 2021. This sudden reversal is not about policy consistency; it is about political pandering.
The federal government does not get to play ‘gotcha’ with constitutional rights. Creating a paperwork contradiction designed to intimidate a minority group out of exercising a fundamental right raises serious equal-protection and due-process concerns. If the government creates conditions where the only safe option for a transgender or non-binary person is to forego gun ownership entirely, that is not regulation; that is disenfranchisement disguised as regulation.
Whether the ATF’s Firearm Transaction Record - Form 4473 can survive post-Bruen constitutional scrutiny is an open question. What is not in question is that the Constitution does not permit the federal government to target a class of citizens for second-tier rights. Operation Blazing Sword - Pink Pistols will continue to oppose any policy that attempts to do so.
independent.co.uk/news/world…
What is your favorite "Serves no purpose, but fun as all can be" weapon?
For me, It's still the trusty Mosin-Nagant.
For those who are wondering what California AB 1127, which was entered into law says:
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/f…
Pink Pistols is looking for a member who is in California and who currently owns a Glock 17, 19, 26, 34, or 39.
Please contact your local chapter or through DM here.
Pink Pistols is a single-issue group: The belief that all people, including the LGBT+ group, have an innate right to keep and bear arms to defend themselves. We have no other purpose.
For that, I will not be posting outside political things on Pink Pistols account. I will be posting my own personal opinions on my personal account: @americanstd
- Sig
I think in the current zeitgeist we have to remember... those of us who are United States Citizens are Americans... one nation.
It's amazing how hate can blind people to that simple fact.
Despite it all, we are still here, still training, still fighting for everyone's right to simply live and defend themselves.
And they hate us for it.
Five minutes on X should give you all the reasons to see why Pink Pistols encourage and exhorts those in the Queer Community to stay strapped.
The Second Amendment is for everyone!
Does your jurisdiction require a person to have a carry permit?
If so, do you have one? Do you need help in getting one?
Official Statement from Erin Palette,
Pink Pistols National Coordinator:
There is no Salt Lake City chapter of Pink Pistols at this time, nor was there one when Mr. Kirk was murdered.
Back in 2020, a University of Utah student named Ermiya Fanaeian either restarted or created a Salt Lake City chapter. She then began using the Pink Pistols name to promote broader political issues, which violated our rules. Pink Pistols is a single-issue organization dedicated solely to the legal, safe, and responsible use of firearms by the queer community. In 2021, her group and Pink Pistols parted ways; she renamed her organization Armed Queers of Salt Lake City and expanded into broader political activism. From that point forward, she no longer represented the Pink Pistols, and the Salt Lake City chapter was formally listed as defunct on our website, where it remains.
Whatever Utah-labeled accounts existed on social media, they did not represent a legitimate or active Pink Pistols chapter.
To restate plainly: Ms. Fanaeian parted ways with Pink Pistols in 2021. She has had no involvement with us since.
Signed,
Erin Palette
We have been reached out to by several people asking about a purported Salt Lake City, Utah Chapter and a person who was alleged to have made death threats against other conservative celebrities.
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There has not been an active chapter of Pink Pistols since 2021, when that chapter was dissolved by Pink Pistols National due to of actions of the leadership of that chapter.
The leader was removed due to a breach of charter regarding other political activities.
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