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Posted on September 29, 2020

Ceasefire Oregon Condemns Decision in Breonna Taylor Killing and Calls For Specific Police Reform

Ceasefire Oregon (CO) condemns the decision announced on September 23, 2020 that a grand jury in Kentucky will charge only former Louisville Police Detective Brett Hankison with three counts of wanton endangerment in the March 13 shooting that killed Breonna … read more

Posted on June 13, 2020

Guns have been restricted at dams since 9/11. Trump wants to change that.

In 2017, the Trump administration attempted to expand the places civilians can carry firearms on ACOE water resource areas–including onto dams. After the attacks of 9/11, firearms were severely restricted at sensitive federal locations. (Think about it: if armed people … read more

Posted on April 30, 2020

Safari Club Int’l Wants to Expand Hunting on Our National Wildlife Refuges. Here’s how to oppose that.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is continuing the Trump administration’s efforts to expand hunting on more than 2.3 million acres of public recreation land throughout the country by proposing to expand hunting on National Wildlife Refuges. This proposed rule change, which … read more

Posted on April 27, 2020

Supreme Court Dismisses NRA Affiliate Court Case

In a major victory for gun violence prevention, the United States Supreme Court has dismissed a major case from New York because the law in question has been rescinded. Although the decision to dismiss the case was unsigned, it is … read more

Posted on October 2, 2019

Ceasefire Oregon Honors And Remembers Those Taken At the Umpqua CC and Las Vegas Shootings

Today is a particularly somber day as we remember and honor the lives taken from families by mass shooters at Umpqua Community College in 2015 and the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas just two years later. Our … read more

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