Posted on April 21, 2015

Senator Prozanski: Background Checks Help Keep Guns Out of Dangerous Hands

By Penny Okamoto, Executive Director of Ceasefire Oregon

Senator Floyd Prozanski wrote another good op-ed laying out his reasons for supporting background checks. Read it here: http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/32965759-78/gun-control-background-c…

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