(Memphis) Lawmakers push to end permitless carry in Shelby County

[SheltieLover]

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/11/26/lawmakers-push-end-permitless-carry-shelby-county/

A lawmaker from Memphis has a plan to remove the county from the current permitless carry state law that went into effect on July 1, 2021.

Tennessee’s permitless carry law allows the majority of citizens to carry a loaded gun out in the open or concealed without having to get a permit.

Police, mayors and politicians in the Bluff City are in agreement it’s a bad law for Memphis.

More at link.

A few days ago, 22 people armed with guns stormed a walmart in Memphis & stole countless merchandise. Fortunately, no one was shot, but this could have gone sideways quickly!

https://www.actionnews5.com/2022/11/23/watch-police-release-video-22-armed-shoplifters-who-stormed-local-walmart/

Memphis is #1 in violent crime in the country.

Now watch qpukes fight this as it's not aligned with pootin's agenda!

[Ray Bruns]

1. I always liked Sam Eliot's line in"Tombstone"

“We’re not saying you can’t own a gun. We’re not saying you can’t carry a gun. We’re just saying you can’t carry a gun in town.”

[Trenzalore]

2. At some point there is going to have to be pushback from police departments

Maybe I'm wrong.

[SheltieLover]

4. Maybe this will be thd beginning of it!

The meth heads here are wild & demonstrate no discernment, often shooting at police, random vehicles, homes, etc!

Let's hope thos works. Then ghey need to keep violeng offenders off the streets for many years. Problem is, judges keep letting them out!

[republianmushroom]

3. good luck with that

[BootinUp]

5. Is we learning?

Sounds like they are.

[SheltieLover]

7. Law enforcement here has been against it all along.

Now if judgrs would quut releasing violent offenders back onto the streets...

[bronxiteforever]

6. This is a brilliant crime trend. Mass amounts of armed gang

in an open carry state enter a store. No police will ever stop this. By the time it takes to coordinate and stage an entry team, the criminals are long gone.

[SheltieLover]

8. Oh they're quite creative here...

Many use their underage kids to break into stores, etc. Because they know law enforcement won't punish kids or the parents.

When I 1st moved here, I learned the gas station a mile away had been broken into 4 times by the same underage kid, driven there by his mother! I say lock them both up. Kid broke big plate glass windows 4 times to steal cigarettes & lotto tickets.

Unreal what goes on here. I was like "what?" When cop told me.

[bronxiteforever]

9. Well that is horrible. I didn't realize Memphis is so violent

Stay safe my friend!

[Boomerproud]

10. I misread the OP headline as the lawmakers were pro carry.

Hopefully some sanity is taking seed.

[SheltieLover]

11. I hope so, but Memphis is a blue dot in a red hellhole state.

I expect state legislators to fight this initiative.

Law enforcement was against this insane policy even before state made it legal.

What we need are judges that do not let violent offenders out on streets!

[Duppers]

12. It's an awful city.

My dh hates it and won't even visit. He was born in Baptist Hospital there and grew up in the city during the late Elvis era before the city turn into pure violent crap. He left for college and went back but a few times for his grandmother's funeral (not his awful parents').