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The number of guns taken off local streets in 2016 could reach last year’s total of nearly 4,200, according to Memphis police. Illegal weapons contributed to some of this year’s 101 murders and put the lives of officers in danger seemingly every day. Many of those weapons are stolen from cars, and MPD Director Mike Rallings said it is the result of a state law that allows gun owners to keep weapons in a vehicle. “I want to sit down and have a conversation with them, with our other law enforcement partners, and talk about that,” Rallings told FOX13. “So yes, I want a change because I am not in support of guns in cars.”
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jughead
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| if the idiots would do away with the gun free zones a lot of the guns stolen from autos would cease. |
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jac
(6/15/2016)
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| I was going to make the same comment. Half of businesses and restaurants, and most banks in Texas ban lawful concealed carry. If one were to follow the law he would have to leave his gun in the car half of the time. |
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