Raising Red Flags on Federal Red Flag Gun Laws

Plus: No Excuse for Reserving DC Memorial Day Concert for Elites Only June 3 2022 Happy Friday from Washington, where President Biden last night responded to recent mass murders with a new call to impose more restrictions on gun ownership Lawmakers should approach one idea, red flag laws, with caution, Amy Swearer writes. On the podcast, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., argues that Republicans offer a hopeful vision to Americans besieged by bad news. Plus: a law professor returns from exile for questioning racial politics, and the unwashed are barred from a Memorial Day concert. On this date in 1965, about 120 miles above Earth, Maj. Edward H. White II steps out of the Gemini 4 capsule and becomes the first American astronaut to walk in space. COMMENTARY [Raising Red Flags on Federal Red Flag Gun Laws]() [Raising Red Flags on Federal Red Flag Gun Laws]() By Amy Swearer None of the current state red flag laws adequately addresses the very real concerns that come with depriving Americans of a fundamental right. [More]() COMMENTARY [No Excuse for Reserving DC Memorial Day Concert for Elites Only]() [No Excuse for Reserving DC Memorial Day Concert for Elites Only]() By Armstrong Williams While congressional VIPs and their guests were invited, the exclusive, nationally televised PBS Memorial Day concert was closed to the public. [More]() COMMENTARY [Sen. Marsha Blackburn Outlines GOP Alternative to 'Biden's Greatest Hits of Failures']() [Sen. Marsha Blackburn Outlines GOP Alternative to 'Biden's Greatest Hits of Failures']() By Richard M. Reinsch II “People are talking a lot about inflation, crime; they're talking about the open border, drugs on the streets; they're frustrated with Afghanistan, with the Chinese Communist Party,” says Blackburn. [More]() COMMENTARY [Georgetown Law Reinstates Ilya Shapiro]() [Georgetown Law Reinstates Ilya Shapiro]() By Jarrett Stepman “It is absurd that it took months to ‘investigate’ a hastily drafted and ill-considered tweet,” says Heritage Foundation legal scholar John Malcolm. [More]() COMMENTARY [Fathers: The Family Component Missing From Mass Shooters’ Lives]() [Fathers: The Family Component Missing From Mass Shooters’ Lives]() By Joshua Arnold Lynne Marie Kohm, a professor of family law at Regent University School of Law, compiled a list of five “common denominators for all of these boys” who turn violent. [More]() COMMENTARY [Biden's 'Rolling Calamities' Aren't His Fault?]() [Biden's 'Rolling Calamities' Aren't His Fault?]() By Tim Graham You can tell the journalists are Democrats when Biden is never considered responsible in any way for any "calamities. [More]() COMMENTARY [ICYMI: LGBTQI+ Pride Month Caught in Its Own Contradictions]() [ICYMI: LGBTQI+ Pride Month Caught in Its Own Contradictions]() By Ben Shapiro We are told by the White House that we must ignore the internal contradictions of left-wing sexual ideology, and simply pretend the incoherence away. [More]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [Donate to The Daily Signal]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Follow us on Twitter]() [Follow us on Twitter]() How are we doing?We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at [letters@dailysignal.com](). The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [(800) 546-2843]() Add [morningbell@heritage.org]() to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]()