Calkins: Ja Morant has the chance to cut gun violence in Memphis. Here is the plan.
Protestors from the Ride of Tears organization gathered outside FedExForum Thursday asking Ja Morant to “apologize” to Memphis children for flashing a gun on Instagram Live. (Geoff Calkins/The Daily Memphian)
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
“Whenever Morant returns, and no matter what sort of discipline he serves, he should consider embracing a new role as a spokesperson against guns and gun violence.”
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