Senator Chuck Schumer has called for improved firearm background checks by requiring background checks at gun shows and for internet sales; enacting Extreme Risk Protection Orders; and calling for a debate on assault weapons on the Senate floor. (Really?? Dead
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MY FRIENDS, we have NOT accepted gun violence. I’ve wanted to write about this since Wednesday when I saw the same old tweet by Dan Hodges getting trotted out: “In retrospect Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun
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Five years ago, our nation was rocked by the massacre of twenty first-graders and six women who literally put themselves in front of bullets trying to save those young lives. Just days later, the National Rifle Association dismissed what they called
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This Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a session to discuss the gun lobby’s prized gift from the Trump Administration: HR 38, a concealed carry reciprocity bill. The House fails to see the irony of hearing this bill in
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Join us tonight for a vigil and call to action. Call your legislators and tell them to ban assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and that you want higher standards for gun ownership. Senator Ron Wyden: (503) 326-7525 Senator Jeff Merkley: (503) 326-3386 Gov. Brown:
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