background checks

Gun hearing: Reason still missing

Written February 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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For two and a half hours Thursday morning, witnesses at a state Senate committee hearing in Salem disagreed about SB 1551, which would expand the background check required in gun transactions to private sales and gifts. Chairman Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene kept track and said the Senate Judiciary Committee heard from 20 witnesses for the bill […]

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Tags: background checks, gun control, SB 1551, Senator Close, Senator Prozanski

Legislation could wait

Written January 27th, 2014 by Hasso Hering

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The most contentious issues facing the coming legislative session confirm the old-fashioned view that annual meetings of the Oregon Legislative Assembly were not necessary after all. (And no, this has nothing to do with leaf blowers and whether it’s a good idea to use them to raise clouds of dust on a city street.)

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Tags: background checks, Columbia River Crossing, Cover Oregon, gun registration, marijuana, Oregon legislature

Learning from Colorado recalls

Written September 10th, 2013 by

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In Colorado Tuesday, voters in two state senate districts recalled the Democratic office holders — one of them the Senate president — over their votes for two gun-related bills. The outcome is of interest in Oregon, where all Republicans and a handful of Democrats in the legislature were wise enough to kill bills on gun […]

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Tags: background checks, Colorado recall election, gun control, magazine capacity limit