Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, said Congress can prevent future tragedies like the Texas elementary school shooting. Gun owners would need to renew their permits every five years. The initiative would also require any gun purchaser to first obtain a permit and pass a firearm safety training class. The group is gathering signatures for a ballot initiative that would prohibit the sale of high-capacity magazines that allow shooters to fire rapidly without pausing to reload. Lift Every Voice Oregon, a faith-based organization, is seeking voter approval of more gun restrictions in November. State law also allows college campuses to ban all guns, including those that could otherwise be legally carried and requires people convicted of violent offenses or who are the subject of restraining orders for domestic abuse to give up their guns. Oregon mandates background checks for all gun purchasers, including at gun shows, requires gun owners to securely store their firearms separate from ammunition when not in use and allows police or family members to petition a court to temporarily block someone’s access to guns. Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group that formed after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, rates Oregon 11th in the nation for toughness and completeness of gun laws. “That must happen, and I remain optimistic that it will.”Īs a state, Oregon has more stringent laws than the rest of the nation. “I know most Oregonians and most Americans want the ache they feel in their hearts every time they see a mass shooting to translate into action,” he said. Wyden said changes to federal gun policy will ultimately result from grassroots pressure from Oregonians and others frustrated with Congress’s lack of action. “We must reform the filibuster so critical gun safety bills have a pathway to be debated, voted on, passed, and signed into law.” “In order to address gun violence, we have to address that the Senate is a broken institution,” Merkley said. Democrats hold 50 seats in the Senate and a tie-breaking vote in Vice President Kamala Harris, but the filibuster effectively requires 60 votes on controversial legislation. House has passed two background check bills since 2021, but the Senate is unlikely to pass those bills or any others because of Republican opposition.
The remaining members of Oregon’s congressional delegation expressed frustration with legislative obstacles to passing federal gun control laws.
Bentz also hasn’t addressed the Texas shooting on official channels or through social media, where he was complaining about border security in Texas hours before a gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers in a small city outside San Antonio.
Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, ignored two emails on Tuesday and Wednesday. Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader responded to detailed questions from the Capital Chronicle on Wednesday about the gun control legislation they support and what they’ll do to prevent another community from being torn apart by a mass shooting.Ī spokesman for Rep. Democrats in Oregon’s congressional delegation renewed calls for Congress to take up federal gun control legislation following a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, while the state’s lone Republican congressman remained silent.
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