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The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] –
U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi has announced that within just 48 hours of operation, the Memphis Safe Task Force made 53 arrests and seized a total of 20 illegal firearms.
Bondi took to X on Wednesday morning to share the numbers, adding that a missing juvenile was also located by the task force and three firearms were recovered at the residence of a murder suspect.
“@POTUS direction, we are making America safe again!” Bondi said.
A previous update from Bondi on the morning of Tuesday, September 30th, shared that two firearms were seized and nine of the arrests occurred within the first day of the task force operation.
“Our operation in Memphis is now underway, and we’re just getting started. Yesterday, 9 arrests were made and 2 illegal firearms were taken off the streets,” Bondi wrote. “Additionally, 219 officers were special deputized and our Joint Operations Center is up and running.”
Bondi wrapped up her post by thanking different federal agencies involved in the operation including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Attorney General’s Office.
National Guard troops arrived in Memphis on Wednesday, October 1st.
About the Author: Adelia Kirchner is a Tennessee resident and reporter for the Tennessee Conservative. Currently the host of Subtle Rampage Podcast, she has also worked for the South Dakota State Legislature and interned for Senator Bill Hagerty’s Office in Nashville, Tennessee. You can reach Adelia at adelia@tennesseeconservativenews.com.
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Warning > Memphis is incredibly dangerous. If you’re from a typical city, even Nashville, there’s no comparison. Don’t go there unless you have to and if you do, carry a gun and watch your back – the killers sneak up behind people and shoot them. In 2018 they did that to the President of the Memphis Chamber.