Gun violence

Police say Travis Ikeguchi fired at officers when they confronted him. Tributes continue to pour in honoring the victim, Lauri Carleton.

In a 122-page written order issued late Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut found banning large capacity magazines and requiring a permit to purchase a firearm are in keeping with “the nation’s history and tradition of regulating uniquely dangerous features of weapons and firearms to protect public safety.”

For the past week, firearms groups argued the state's new gun laws infringe on the protections granted under the Second Amendment. Attorneys for the state argued that high-capacity magazines are inextricably linked to the rise in mass shootings and can be regulated.

This weekend marks 25 years since Thurston High School student Kip Kinkel murdered his parents, then opened fire on classmates in a cafeteria the next day.

Democrats are backing three bills that would establish a waiting period, require serial numbers on guns and raise the minimum age for purchases

Bills to address both real and false threats of school violence are on the Legislature’s docket this week — several of them have bipartisan support.

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.

Many more gun owners are seeking California concealed carry permits, even in blue, coastal counties. Gov. Newsom and Democrats in the Legislature are trying again to limit where weapons are allowed.

Oregon lawmakers are pursuing a package of firearm bills they say is needed to stem gun violence and give law enforcement the necessary tools to address the issue of untraceable 'ghost guns.'

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.

A week after back-to-back mass shootings in California left 18 people dead, Governor Gavin Newsom threw his support behind a bill to ban concealed weapons in many public spaces and raise the minimum age to hold a concealed carry permit.

The shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, two towns just hundreds of miles apart in California, share devastating similarities.