"Red flag" gun laws, proposed supportive housing sites : Your Thursday morning roundup

 [Morning roundup]( 08/08/2019 By Narda Pérez and Carla Solórzano Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞 Weather: Mostly sunny and hot. High of 100. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( There's a makeshift memorial near the Walmart in El Paso where 22 people were killed and numerous others were injured. (Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer) POLITICS [Calls grow for 'red flag' gun laws after El Paso massacre, but shooter didn’t set off alarms]( The El Paso shooting that left 22 people dead has revived calls for so-called red flag laws that allow law enforcement to seize guns from people deemed dangerous. But such a law likely would not have averted the Walmart rampage, because the 21-year-old North Texas man suspected in the shooting and apparently seething with anger at immigrants had no apparent criminal record or history of mental illness when he set out across the state. The suspected shooter apparently waited until moments before opening fire to post a racist manifesto in an online forum favored by white supremacists - far too late for police, relatives or anyone else to intervene. "We need to ... ensure that guns are not in the hands of deranged killers like the man who committed this heinous crime here in El Paso while also at the same time ensuring that constitutional rights are not violated," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told reporters in El Paso on Wednesday. But he conceded, "There were no red flags about this particular shooter." [Texas has no red flag law](. In at least 17 states, a family member or friend can report a person to law enforcement if they are at risk of hurting themselves or others. Police can confiscate that person’s firearms, with permission from a judge.  Also: A Texas House panel will [probe a conservative activist's allegations]( that Speaker Dennis Bonnen and a top lieutenant improperly offered a quid pro quo, a claim that has plunged the chamber into turmoil.   Commentary: How things look 18 months after the[feds embedded into northeast Dallas’ most dangerous neighborhoods,]( writes Metro columnist Sharon Grigsby.  ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [New airport ranking: DFW comes in as nation's 11th best and Love Field is near the bottom]( [DFW International Airport is the 11th best airport in the country,]( climbing seven spots from a year ago, according to a ranking from travel website The Points Guy. And while Dallas Love Field made the rankings this year in an expanded field, it debuted in the bottom tier of the nation's 50 largest airports. The rankings, which put Love Field at 37th, consider amenities, commute time, parking fees and how often planes arrive and depart on time. DFW ranks high for amenities, trailing only John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. But the Dallas-Fort Worth region's biggest airfield also ranked 47th out of 50 airports for commute time.  Also: Toyota is[showcasing its past and present and giving a glimpse]( of its future in a new 44,000-square-foot experience center in Plano.   And: New York authorities are investigating the National Rifle Association's planned purchase of a North Texas mansion for its chief executive Wayne LaPierre.  DALLAS ['Incompetent or intentional': Dallas council member slams staffers over proposed housing sites]( [Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam McGough on Tuesday blasted city staffers]( for moving forward with community meetings about proposed permanent supportive housing sites without looping in council members. Office of Homeless Solutions staffers organized the series of meetings about three possible sites, one in McGough's District 10 and the other two in District 14. The last meeting, scheduled for Wednesday night at the Audelia Road Branch Library, caught McGough by surprise Tuesday. In an interview Wednesday, McGough said he was frustrated after seeing a flier online before he heard anything from staff. He called the decision the result of a "lack of transparency" — after he had made it clear he opposed the proposed sites in a May council briefing. He wrote on Facebook that city staff's handling of the issue was "either incompetent or intentional."  Sports: [How North Texas became the hottest spot for esports outside of L.A](.   Real estate: [A landmark Oak Cliff tower gets a new owner with plans for a major redo](. ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - Retail: Sears is closing 26 more stores, [including two in Texas](. - Art: [Two Oak Cliff art galleries team up for a tandem exhibition](. - Fort Worth: An official was removed from an anti-discrimination panel [over his bigoted Facebook posts](. Chef Donny Sirisavath at Khao Noodle Shop (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) FINALLY [Join us for a Lao summer feast at one of our favorite Dallas restaurants, Khao Noodle Shop]( Some of the most luscious things you can eat in Dallas can be found at a tiny Lao noodle shop with a mere 28 seats — stools, actually — in a storefront on the east side of town. Of course, you know I'm taking about Khao Noodle Shop, a mighty little restaurant that has basked in glowing reviews, including my own three-star rave, since it opened a mere nine months ago. Last month, Khao hit the national radar, too, when it was named one of Eater's 16 Best New Restaurants in America, the first Dallas restaurant on the list since it started in 2015. Chef Donny Sirisavath's menu is small and intensely personal, filled with inspired variations on the home cooking of his mother, who arrived in San Antonio as a Laotian refugee in the 1980s. He opened the restaurant as a tribute to her, and now, [as part of The Dallas Morning News' EatDrinkInsider series, he is cooking a special summer menu]( that's even closer to home. On Monday, Aug. 19, we'll be taking over the restaurant for a Lao summer barbecue, "something close to my heart and to my memories," Sirisavath says of the celebratory dishes his mother made for family, or for 60 or 70 friends. "This is what Lao culture is about, bringing everyone together in summertime."  👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! 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