announced last week that he would be moving to Chicago to address the issue of gun violence.

"I am taking an apartment to put a spotlight on gun violence," the MSNBC host told a crowd at the at the Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin. "Although voting rights and other things exist, our challenge inside is gun violence and putting the focus on ourselves."

"The problem with the people who have a national reputation is that they drive by and local activists don’t even know they are coming," he added. "Through radio and the TV show and talking to people in the trenches, we will bring a national spotlight."

Jackson, who already lives in Chicago, told Fox News host Neil Cavuto last week that he was working to curb gun violence by fighting poverty and brining jobs to the area.