Deadly surge: Relaxed gun laws and the link to homicide rates
Sarah Shoop Neumann (left, in black shirt) and Mary Joyce (right, in white shirt) lamented that gun reform was absent from the Tennessee special legislative session. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
While ascribing the gloomy climb to any one cause would be simplistic, one factor jumps out: relaxed gun laws.
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District Attorney General Steve Mulroy homicide rates Gun lawsBen Wheeler
Ben Wheeler is an investigative reporter and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He previously worked at the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan and Herald-Citizen.
Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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