Posted on May 11, 2015

Why Oregon Newspapers Supported Background Checks

By Penny Okamoto, Executive Director of Ceasefire Oregon

Many newspaper editorial boards have supported SB 941 and written that background checks should be required for all gun sales. Here are excerpts of their opinions:

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/05/10/oreg…

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