An open letter to Gov. Bill Lee about gun legislation
William S. Craddock Jr.
Bill Craddock, a life-long Memphian, retired in 2015 as senior vice president of the Episcopal Church Pension Fund. He provides pro bono consulting to nonprofit organizations.
Easy access to guns has brought on an epidemic that has injured or taken the lives of more citizens, including children, than the COVID-19 pandemic.
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