Gun Control

“If the Court were to exclude 18-to-20-year-olds from the Second Amendment’s protection, it would impose limitations on the Second Amendment that do not exist with other constitutional guarantees,” the judge wrote.

Legislators in Oregon are making a fourth attempt to ban “ghost guns,” untraceable and undetectable firearms that are assembled at home. They have proliferated in recent years. The legislation is one of three bills put forward this session to address gun violence in the state.

The measure, which narrowly passed this month, bans magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds and requires Oregonians to get a permit to buy a gun.

If Measure 114 passes, anyone wanting to purchase a gun in Oregon would have to first obtain a permit by completing a gun safety class and submitting to a federal criminal background check.

A new "merchant code" for credit cards will categorize purchases made at gun stores. But there are limitations on its usefulness — including that most guns in the U.S. aren't bought at such outlets.

Measure 114 calls for an expanded background check, completion of a gun safety course and a ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. So would it have prevented tragedy in Bend?

A measure that would require a permit and safety training to buy a gun in Oregon will appear on the November ballot. If approved by voters in the fall, the measure would also ban high-capacity magazines, which hold more bullets than a regular firearm.

To understand the impact gun deaths are having on the U.S., you need to know about the deaths that don't make the headlines.

Organizers behind a signature gathering campaign to put new gun regulations before Oregon voters in November say they’ve crossed an important threshold.

Speaker after speaker in the nation's capital called on senators, who are seen as a major impediment to legislation, to act or face being voted out of office.