There are 10 article(s) tagged Gun Safety:

• May 2025

  • MSCS, police discuss safety, but few were there to hear

    Officials with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and local law enforcement, who were most of the audience, held a community forum that focused on gun safety, mental health and marijuana use. 

    By Jody Callahan May 01, 2025

• March 2025

  • Guns to Gardens event transforms firearms into implements of peace

    The Guns to Garden program aims to dismantle firearms, then remake them into useful items such as garden tools. On Saturday, dozens of people turned in their weapons in exchange for gift cards.

    By Jody Callahan March 07, 2025

• December 2024

  • 7-year-old dies after shooting self with gun, police say

    The girl was taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital but did not survive. No arrests have been made yet, police said.

    By Jody Callahan December 14, 2024

• September 2024

  • Biden signs gun-safety executive order, Memphis mayor attends event

    “This bold action will help save lives and protect our neighborhoods from the devastating effects of gun violence,” Mayor Paul Young wrote in a post on Instagram.

    By The Associated Press,  The Daily Memphian Staff September 28, 2024

• April 2024

  • These gun-safety bills have failed or stalled in the Tennessee Legislature

    The 2024 session is nearing its end, and most of those post-Covenant gun-safety bills still have not been debated.

    By Ian Round April 13, 2024

• August 2023

  • Tennessee Senate passes four bills, special session likely to end Thursday

    The bills seek to improve background checks, create an awareness campaign about free gun locks and require a report on human trafficking; they mostly continue things the state government already does.

    By Ian Round August 23, 2023

• July 2023

  • Memphis homicides might break 2021 record, community demands action

    As of July 24, 2023, there have been 210 homicides in Memphis, a 25% increase from the 168 homicides at this point last year, according to the City of Memphis Data Hub.

    By Julia Baker July 25, 2023

• July 2022

  • Lee Harris announces Council on Gun Safety members

    The conception of the council was inspired by an increase in gun-related crimes that is likely due to the relaxing of gun laws in Tennessee, such as 2014 legislation that allows people to keep guns in cars without permits. 

    By Julia Baker July 28, 2022

• April 2022

  • Guest column: How guns became the leading cause of death among children

    “For most of my long life, car crashes, cancer, drowning and sudden infant death were the leading causes of death for kids – not guns.”

    By Linda McFadyen-Ketchum April 08, 2022

• June 2019

  • Shelby County Sheriff’s Office launches app

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office wants to keep the public informed about any news and now has a new smartphone app to do it.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 04, 2019