Shortly after the Sandy Hook massacre, Sheriff Bill Rasco decided it was time to take action. 

 "I thought we had to do something, it was time to do something not that it would happen in our county, but it possibly could. So you cannot take a chance on something happening and not doing anything. It's my

State representative Curry Todd pled guilty to drunken driving and gun charges on Friday.

The Collierville republican was arrested in October 2011 in Nashville after failing a roadside sobriety test. A loaded gun was also found in his car.

Todd, who is a retired Memphis police officer, was sentenced to 48 hours in jail,

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said his city's Gun Stat program can work in Memphis and help make our communities safer.

The program is very similar to the Memphis Police Department's Blue Crush program that targets high crime areas with police, except it gives a double whammy with extra emphasis on