Gov. won’t commit to funding more Highway Patrol in Memphis — yet
“They stop people that they believe are breaking the law and carrying a firearm, of course, is not breaking the law,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Friday, June 25, in Memphis when asked about the impact of the state’s open carry law on basic police procedures. (Daily Memphian/Bill Dries)
During a Friday, June 25, visit to the city, the Tennessee governor also defended the state’s open gun carry law that takes effect July 1. Local leaders are worried the permitless gun carry provision could contribute to a summer surge in violent crime.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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