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May 11, 2018

Local gun lobby has an embarrassing fail

Local gun lobby, Oregon Firearms Federation, shows that it does not speak for the vast majority of gun owners.

Local gun lobby fails miserably.

May 8 was the last day to submit comments about the ballot title for IP 43, the initiative petition to regulate the sale and possession of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Lift Every Voice, the campaign for IP 43, submitted … read more

Posted on May 2, 2018

Amazing Turnout April 30 for IP 43 Signature Gatherer Training!

Thank you to the one hundred and ten people who turned out last night at Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland to learn how to gather signatures for IP 43! And our thanks to all of you who wanted to be … read more

Posted on March 1, 2018

Senator Schumer: Necessary but not sufficient

Senator Chuck Schumer has called for improved firearm background checks by requiring background checks at gun shows and for internet sales; enacting Extreme Risk Protection Orders; and calling for a debate on assault weapons on the Senate floor. (Really?? Dead … read more

Posted on February 20, 2018

Guest blogger, Jason Grigsby: We have NOT accepted gun violence

MY FRIENDS, we have NOT accepted gun violence. I’ve wanted to write about this since Wednesday when I saw the same old tweet by Dan Hodges getting trotted out: “In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun … read more

Posted on December 14, 2017

Five years after Sandy Hook, everything has changed.

Five years ago, our nation was rocked by the massacre of twenty first-graders and six women who literally put themselves in front of bullets trying to save those young lives. Just days later, the National Rifle Association dismissed what they called … read more

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