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April 29, 2020

Oppose Expanded Hunting On Our National Wildlife Refuges

No one, including Secretary Bernhardt, has claimed the expansion is necessary to the well being of the animals or birds and no one has proposed plans to make hikers, campers, and birders safe during hunting season. The expanded bird hunting would include migratory birds, quail, and partridge at Hart Mountain, goose hunting at Nestucca Bay, and migratory bird hunting at Wapato Lake.

Oregon Dems: Go back and do better. Pass SB 978.

In Oregon, the Democratic party holds the governorship, the Senate, and the House. Governor Kate Brown ran on promises of strong action to reduce gun violence and received the endorsement of Ceasefire Oregon and other gun violence prevention organizations. The … read more

Posted on April 30, 2020

Safari Club Int’l Wants to Expand Hunting on Our National Wildlife Refuges. Here’s how to oppose that.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is continuing the Trump administration’s efforts to expand hunting on more than 2.3 million acres of public recreation land throughout the country by proposing to expand hunting on National Wildlife Refuges. This proposed rule change, which … read more

Posted on April 27, 2020

Supreme Court Dismisses NRA Affiliate Court Case

In a major victory for gun violence prevention, the United States Supreme Court has dismissed a major case from New York because the law in question has been rescinded. Although the decision to dismiss the case was unsigned, it is … read more

Posted on October 2, 2019

Ceasefire Oregon Honors And Remembers Those Taken At the Umpqua CC and Las Vegas Shootings

Today is a particularly somber day as we remember and honor the lives taken from families by mass shooters at Umpqua Community College in 2015 and the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas just two years later. Our … read more

Posted on September 27, 2019

Ceasefire Oregon lashes NRA for putting profits ahead of American lives and democracy

Senator Ron Wyden Exposes National Rifle Association as a “Foreign Asset” to Russia; NRA Moscow Trip Engaged Primarily in Business Interest and Not Advancing Non-Profit’s Purpose Oregon Senator Ron Wyden released a report revealing that the National Rifle Association acted … read more

Posted on June 24, 2019

We Stand With The Students. Pass SB 978!

When the Oregon Republican senators shirked their duties in May and walked off their jobs, Governor Kate Brown unwisely rewarded their behavior with a deal that killed a powerful gun violence prevention bill, SB 978––as long as the Senators returned … read more

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