Memphis Newspaper Captures the Sights, Sounds and Searing Pain of a 'Wounded City'

Reporter Marc Perrusquia spent months working on The Commercial Appeal's six-part investigation of gun violence

In today’s part 3 of “Wounded City”, a series launched over the weekend by The Commercial Appeal, the focus is “Stolen Guns.” At one point in the piece, Memphis police director Michael Rallings says, “If I could repeal one law, that’s the one I would focus on.”

Rallings is referring to a 2014 Tennessee state law that allows residents to take loaded guns into their vehicle, without a permit. From the article:

It [a gun used in a fatal incident involving teenagers] was among some 9,100 firearms reported stolen in Memphis between 2011 and June 2016–mostly handguns, rifles and shotguns along with 125 weapons police designated as “assault rifles’’ (even a 40mm grenade launcher)–providing the inventory for an underworld gun expo on the city’s streets.

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