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Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPBTheir passage would result in significant changes to regulation of firearms in Oregon, a state already considered to have some of the nation’s strictest gun laws. -
Andrew Selsky/APGun safety advocates want proactive inspections, but the federal agency responsible is understaffed and not required to conduct them.
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Sacramento police had to cut Saturday's event short because of the "overwhelming response." Meanwhile, a buyback event in Brooklyn gave iPads to people who dropped off certain types of firearms. -
Stephanie Webster of Springfield took a call from her daughter’s boyfriend minutes after shots were heard behind the WOW Hall in Eugene Friday night. The scene was pure pandemonium. -
The shooting took place shortly before 9:30 p.m. local time Friday outside the WOW Hall, a concert venue and non-profit community center in downtown Eugene, Oregon. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised Saturday to give private citizens the power to enforce the state's ban on assault weapons, much like the recent law in Texas that relies on private lawsuits to enforce a ban on most abortions at about six weeks into a pregnancy. -
As part of the efforts, the Treasury Department will inform states that they can use funds allotted by the American Rescue Plan to aid in reducing gun violence. -
A study of Oregon’s extreme risk protection order law found the tool is working as intended but suggests wide adoption has been slow. -
Senate Bill 554 requires gun owners to securely store their weapons when not in use, and will ban possession of guns in the state Capitol and Portland International Airport. It paves the way for public schools and universities to enact their own bans. -
Oregon lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday on a proposal that would combine two of the leading gun regulation bills still in play at the capitol this session. -
A bill making its way through the Nevada Legislature has the potential to decrease gun violence in California as well as the Silver State.
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President Biden declared gun violence a public health crisis and a blemish on the nation in remarks at the White House. -
The mass murder at Columbine High School was hard to experience even from a great distance. It was an issue right in in Sue Klebold's home. Not only did… -
Rick Smith is the founder of TASER (now Axon). He passionately believes that emerging technologies can make guns and other lethal weponry obsolete.His…
