Illustrations of some of the ridiculous things said during a recent gun safety hearing on strengthening background checks.
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This is HUGE! Oregon Governor Kate Brown just signed background checks into law!
Oregon is now the 18th state to require criminal background checks on all handgun sales – and the 12th to require them on all gun sales. This is an incredible victory for Oregon – but also for gun sense across the country – because it shows what happens when we come together and stand up to the gun lobby. Not only do we win, we win BIG.
In Oregon, domestic abusers and meth users are evading background checks and buying guns online in plain sight
n Oregon, domestic abusers and meth users are evading background checks and buying guns online in plain sight. Federal law requires brick-and-mortar gun stores to run background checks on potential buyers and bars domestic abusers and criminals like this man from buying firearms. There is abundant evidence that this stops gun sales to dangerous people. But in Oregon, a gaping loophole in the law makes it easy for people like the Portland man to buy guns from unlicensed sellers who are not required to run background checks. As a result, there was nothing to stop this dangerous criminal from getting a gun from a stranger he met online, no questions asked. Learn more and take action.
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A Look Inside Oregon’s Vast Online Gun Market
A few clicks. That’s all it takes for a dangerous criminal to buy a gun in Oregon. That’s because Oregon currently lets anyone sell a gun to a stranger they meet online – no questions asked.
Federal law requires brick-and-mortar gun stores to run background checks on potential buyers. But in Oregon, a gaping loophole in the law makes it easy for dangerous people to buy guns from unlicensed sellers who are not required to run background checks. As a result, there was nothing to stop this dangerous criminal from getting a gun from a stranger they met online, no questions asked.
Today marks 17 years since the mass shooting at Columbine High School. Join us in taking a moment today to remember the victims and their families.
Let’s honor their memories by fixing the holes in our background check system that let dangerous people get guns, so no family ever has to endure the pain of losing a child to gun violence again.
We’ve reached another tragic milestone.
There have been more than 200 school shootings since January 2013. At least 63 people were killed, and at least 156 injured in those shootings.
We need to elect leaders who support gun safety measures—not ones who push the NRA’s agenda of guns everywhere.
Millions of Americans are getting ready for Super Bowl Sunday, and making sure there are plenty of snacks at the party is a solemn responsibility.
But so is protecting our families – and that’s why we’ll be skipping Kroger when we’re doing our Super Bowl party shopping this weekend. Kroger still refuses to prohibit customers from openly carrying guns in their stores, and that puts all shoppers at risk.
Until Kroger get’s off the sidelines, will you join us in shopping with team #GunSense?
Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was shot and killed during an argument with another driver following a car accident Saturday night in New Orleans. Smith’s wife was also shot multiple times and taken to the hospital.
There is no reason that a car accident should turn into a murder. Another senseless act of gun violence in America destroys a family and leaves three children without a father.
Image credit: New Orleans Saints
Thank you, Amy Schumer, for adding your voice to the movement to reduce gun violence.
“When members of Nevadans For Background Checks converged on the Cheyenne Avenue election center on Nov. 12, they brought with them nearly 250,000 signatures — more than twice the number necessary to qualify its initiative for the 2016 ballot statewide.”
Saturday is the first day of National Gun Violence Survivors Week – when we ask everyone to shine a spotlight on the stories of Americans who have had loved ones taken by gun violence, who have been wounded or threatened with a gun, or witnessed a shooting.
We’ll be sharing the stories of survivors and statistics that highlight the impact of gun violence.