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Meanwhile, in Houston’s Central Time:
Michael Gerson, speaking sense:
Honestly, I don’t know how effective any of these three ideas — reducing the permissible age for gun sales, strengthening background checks and passing a national red-flag law — would be in the prevention of mass shootings. But I know that none of them are remotely unconstitutional. And I know that a healthy legislative process would pass these laws, closely monitor their effectiveness, consider improvements to strengthen them, and then examine other promising ideas that emerge and pass other legislation.
Later, historians will unpack why Team Biden has been so masterful tactically and strategically on Putin and Ukraine (as per David Ignatius’ essential and deeply reported read) and less so (as per Politico) on guns.
Maybe Ron Klain and Joe Biden are wondering that now.
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ESSENTIAL READING
David Sanger & Co. in the New York Times on the current state of the Alliance and/versus Zelensky on how the war ends. Nothing new or pathbreaking or revelatory, but a strong state-of-play overview.
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