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
Tags: background checks, gun control, SB 1551, Senator Close, Senator Prozanski
Why background-check bill deserved to die
Our Oregon legislature did not accomplish much during the short session that ended Friday, but its main achievement lies in what it did not do. Among the things it did not do was to enact Senate Bill 1551, requiring private sellers of firearms to obtain background checks on the would-be buyers.
Tags: gun control, Oregon legislature, SB 1551