Easy access to guns jeopardizes student safety in Memphis

A newspaper investigation has found that there have been more than 160 gun crimes on Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., school campuses since 2003. In a majority of those cases, students were found with guns in their pockets, backpacks and lockers and carted off to juvenile hall to face felony charges. But on 15 occasions--on average, three times a year--the guns were actually fired on school property.

Click here to read The Memphis Commercial Appeal article.

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