he s asking the justice department to publish model red flag laws which allow for the temporary removal of guns from owners who are considered to be high risk. among other things, it seeks to limit the sale of ghost guns, which are unassembled firearms that are generally untraceable once they re put together. and like clockwork, biden s gun reform initiative has met stiff and immediate resistance from the usual suspects, members of the gop and gun rights groups like the nra. the gun organization tweeting, quote, biden announced multiple extreme gun control actions. these actions could require law-abiding citizens to surrender lawful property and push states to expand gun confiscation orders. that, by the way, is not what red flag laws are but we ll talk about that in a minute. here s what biden had to say about it. nothing, nothing i m about to recommend in any way impinges on the second amendment. they re phony arguments suggesting that these are second amendment rights at
politicsnation. ten nights lead, the showdowns to come. culture or politics have consumed the republican party as we approach an election year. threatening the legislative agenda in congress in the house speaker kevin mccarthy s concessions to the hard right flank of his caucus have led to the passage of a military spending bill. bogged down with amendments targeting diversity programs and lgbtq protections. in the meantime, alabama senator tommy tuberville is holding up dozens of military appointments over the pentagon s abortion policies. some colleagues are warning the blockade could endanger national security. against that backdrop, a potential government shutdown. the showdown looms and the first presidential caucus of 2024 is just six months away. delaware congresswoman lisa rochester joins me shortly to talk about all of it. plus, the phony war on critical race theory is still raging in state houses. and on school boards across the country one of the intellectual archi