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Can We Make Red Flag Laws Work?

Why they don’t obviate the need to make hard choices about guns.
Can We Make Red Flag Laws Work?

The horrific murder of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has brought guns back to the public debate. One side renews its demands for national legislators to do something to tamp down on gun violence. The other insists on the importance of Second Amendment rights, and claims the answer is more guns, not fewer.

Charles Fain Lehman is a contributing writer at The Dispatch, fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and senior editor of City Journal.

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