Together with our partners, we’ve built the strongest gun tragedy legislative agenda Oregon’s ever had, led by true gun tragedy prevention champions in the legislature, and rooted in our communities.
1) Make our cities safer by reducing gun homicides and shootings
2) Prevent firearm suicides, especially in our rural communities 3) Keep our kids safe, so they can focus on school work instead of school shootings
HB 3076: Stop the illegal flow of guns into our communities by licensing and inspecting gun dealers. Portland has more illegal crime guns than Seattle or Oakland, and our research found 75% of traced guns used in crimes are coming from Oregon dealers, a problem Oregon can solve.
HB 5014:Fund Community Violence Intervention. Research shows the best way to stop shootings and homicides before it occurs is through prevention. We have to fund the organizations leading this work.
SB 203: Increase use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders, a life-saving tool that saves lives through temporary removal of firearms until a crisis passes.
SB 429: Create waiting periods for the purchase of a firearm, which has been shown to reduce suicides by 20%.
SB 697: Raise the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles like AR-15s to age 21, to help keep these military style weapons out of the hands of teenagers.
SB 696: Ban rapid-fire devices (that convert weapons to be nearly full-automatic), which will reduce injuries and deaths in the horrific event of a school or mass shooting.
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