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Ceasefire Oregon supports Mayor Adams' proposals 2, 3, and 4 to reduce illegal gun use in Portland. These proposals can save lives and make Portland a safer place to live, work, and visit. Please send Mayor Adams a note stating your support for proposals 2, 3, and 4; send it to mayorsam@portlandoregon.gov

Proposal 2, commonly referred to as “child access prevention,” will make it unlawful to endanger a child by allowing access to a firearm. This new ordinance will help prevent unintentional shootings and teen suicides.

Proposal 3 establishes the crime of failure to report theft or loss of a firearm. This new ordinance will make it easier for police to identify and prosecute “straw purchasers,” people who buy guns legally and then sell them illegally to people who are legally prohibited from possessing firearms. It will help cut off access to guns by criminals and teens.

Proposal 4 increases the penalty for an existing crime, possession of a loaded firearm in a public place, and therefore increases the likelihood that people who carry loaded guns in public places will be prosecuted. It will make Portland’s streets safer. People who have concealed handgun licenses are exempt from this law and will still be allowed to carry loaded, concealed handguns in public.

You can read the proposals here: Mayor Adams' Proposals on Illegal Guns
Thank you, Mayor Adams, for standing up to the gun lobby.

Ceasefire Oregon works to reduce gun violence by advocating reasonable, effective gun safety laws. We educate the public and legislators about gun violence, lobby on behalf of bills that will help make our communities safer, and work to prevent the passage of irresponsible bills proposed by the gun lobby.

About 30,000 people are killed by firearms in this country every year. More than twice as many are injured. This is a public health crisis of staggering proportions. Guns are too easily available to felons, fugitives, kids, and people with serious mental heath problems. To reduce gun violence, we must make it more difficult for people who cannot lawfully own guns to obtain them.

Ceasefire Oregon works to reduce gun violence. To find out more about our work and to help, please click the links above. Take action now to prevent future shootings.