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Officials in Washington's third largest city would like to see a standalone drop box set up to allow residents to get rid of their guns.

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According to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, Everytown for Gun Safety spent over $750,000 to pass expanded background check laws in the state.

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With local gun shops refusing to process them and county officials refusing to enforce noncompliance, a new law mandating background checks on private sales took effect last weekend.

The post Oregon expanded background check law sputters to life (VIDEO) appeared first on Guns.com.

A move to recall Democratic House Majority Leader Val Hoyle over issues to include passage of gun control legislation, halted this week as the lawmaker announced she was stepping down.

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Keeping her promise to gun control groups, Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed legislation Monday that makes the state the most recent to adopt expanded background checks to include most private gun sales.

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Oregon is set to become the eighth state that mandates Brady-style background checks on virtually all gun transfers as a bill that passed the state house Monday heads to the ready pen of Gov. Kate Brown.

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With gun control and gun rights groups each stumping for opposite outcomes, a measure to mandate expanding background checks for virtually all firearms transfers in set for its final review by Oregon lawmakers.

The post Controversial Oregon background check bill facing final vote Monday appeared first on Guns.com.

A House committee listened to a marathon of speakers for and against a controversial proposal to expand background checks to nearly all gun transfers Wednesday.

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In a partisan move, Oregon Democrats gave their seal of approval Tuesday to legislation championed by gun control groups that would mandate background checks on most gun transfers.

The post Oregon Senate approves expanded background checks (VIDEO) appeared first on Guns.com.

Following in the heels of similar controversial efforts in other states to support expanded background checks, the group released a report this week contending one in 18 private sales in Oregon are to those who can’t have a gun.

The post Read the Everytown report claiming 5 percent of potential online gun buyers in Oregon are criminals appeared first on Guns.com.

Following on the heels of similar controversial efforts in other states to support expanded background checks, the group released a report this week contending one in 18 private sales in Oregon are to those who can’t have a gun.

The post Everytown claims some 1,300 Oregon criminals obtain guns online appeared first on Guns.com.