> "Gun ownership is not a "protected characteristic", because it's not something intrinsic to the person. Your example discusses risks and statements about the future, but not questions of identity and personhood."

Identity is whatever a person decides it is, according to progressive doctrine, therefore it's not intrinsic to the person either. There's no objective identity-o-meter.

Religion isn't intrinsic to the person but is a protected characteristic so in reality the line isn't where you claim it is.

> Religion isn't intrinsic to the person ...

Interestingly, even that statement takes a particular religious stance.

Some branches of Christianity hold that a person does not choose to be Christian, but rather is chosen by God to be a Christian [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_grace

Also, while characteristics defined by biology or history are not choices, identity to a large extent is.