Jonathan Levinson
Oregon Public BroadcastingJonathan Levinson is a multimedia reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He’s the Audion Fellow covering Guns & America. Previously, Jonathan covered Mexico as a freelancer. His radio work has appeared on NPR and the CBC. His photography has been featured in ESPN, The Washington Post and Bloomberg News.
Jonathan spent five years as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army and has a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University.
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Oregon lawmakers are considering legislation to enact firearms restrictions originally passed by voters in November. -
Militia groups, Christian nationalists, anti-vaccine activists and right-wing conspiracy theorists in the Pacific Northwest have all started working together and are forging new connections with the formal political class. -
Legislators in Oregon are making a fourth attempt to ban “ghost guns,” untraceable and undetectable firearms that are assembled at home. They have proliferated in recent years. The legislation is one of three bills put forward this session to address gun violence in the state. -
The family of a Josephine County man shot and killed by Oregon State Police troopers in 2015 announced they had settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state for $1.6 million and an apology. -
The Oregon Supreme Court has denied a petition to overturn a lower court ruling blocking the state’s new gun laws from taking effect. -
A Portland woman, a QAnon adherent who espoused antisemitic views and frequently attended local far-right demonstrations in the region has pleaded guilty for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. -
After taking more than a week to deliberate, circuit court judge Robert Raschio ruled Tuesday that the state cannot implement the additional background check requirement. Ballot Measure 114, which would create stricter gun laws in Oregon, is now blocked by state courts in its entirety pending a full trial. -
Oregon law enforcement shot at at least 40 people in 2022. Twenty-three were killed -
An Oregon circuit court judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state’s voter-passed restrictions on firearm sales and magazine capacities from taking effect. -
The Oregon Supreme Court denied a state Department of Justice petition asking the court to intervene and throw out a lower court’s temporary restraining order blocking the law from taking effect. -
Measure 114 was approved by voters in November by a slim margin. The law would ban magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds, require a permit to purchase a firearm, and require a background check to be completed before a firearm can be transferred or sold. -
A federal judge has denied a petition to delay Measure 114. That means a ban on buying or selling magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition will go into effect this Thursday.
