Strickland pushes for stronger federal and state gun laws
Memphis youths marched during the Unity Walk against Violence at Hilcrest High School in Whitehaven on February 27, 2021. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland called Friday, May 27, for “strong federal laws with reasonable restrictions on weapons” and “stronger state laws punishing gun crimes and more intervention with those at-risk of using guns.”
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