Memphis voters could choose gun control laws
“We think it’s going to court,” said Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren on “Behind the Headlines” on a proposed referendum to ban assault rifles within the city of Memphis. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
A city ordinance that could prompt a court fight with the state over gun control has morphed into a potential ballot question for voters. The sponsors of the measure talk about it on “Behind The Headlines.”
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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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