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Posted on October 1, 2020

National Report Shows Umpqua Community College Shooting was the 11th Deadliest in US since 2013

States with weak gun laws see 50% more mass shooting fatalities. States with weak laws experienced 63% more mass shootings with an assault weapon. Oregon’s firearm suicide rate of 94.1 per million much higher than national rate. Since 2013, the … read more

Posted on September 29, 2020

Ceasefire Oregon Condemns Decision in Breonna Taylor Killing and Calls For Specific Police Reform

Ceasefire Oregon (CO) condemns the decision announced on September 23, 2020 that a grand jury in Kentucky will charge only former Louisville Police Detective Brett Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment in the March 13 shooting that killed Breonna … read more

Posted on June 13, 2020

Guns have been restricted at dams since 9/11. Trump wants to change that.

In 2017, the Trump administration attempted to expand the places civilians can carry firearms on ACOE water resource areas–including onto dams. After the attacks of 9/11, firearms were severely restricted at sensitive federal locations. (Think about it: if armed people … 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the United States Supreme Court has dismissed a major case from New York because the law in question has been rescinded.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

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