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They closed the gun show loophole here in Oregon back in 2000. Riddle me this, not a day passes by without a gang shooting in Portland, Woodburn, Salem etc. at lest according to local news. How can this be ?
Whoa homie... I know its a bit off the subject and I'm sure you didn't really mean anything by it, but I live in Woodburn and I'm VERY active in community issues and action groups here... including anti-gang ativities, as well as help the wife organize and run a neighborhood watch program (as well as organize others to run their own watch programs). I know a good many of our police officers by their first names as well. I think Woodburn gets a bad rap mainly because the population is over 50% Latino... Do we have Latino gangs here? Yes. Do we have gang activety here? Yes. Do we have drug related crimes? Yes (mainly property crimes).... Just like every OTHER community in the country.
We have not had a shooting here (of any kind) for OVER ONE YEAR. Woodburn is WELL KNOWN to the gangbangers as being "too hot" for any serious activety and they take it to Salem, Kaiser, Portland and GRESHAM (the shooting Capitol of Oregon). Wooburn has a growing swell of pride in our local community (again)... folks are getting more involved here... our motto is, "Woodburn Proud" that I see signs of really taking a deeper root within the residents here... and not being just an "empty slogan".
This is further proof that all the statute laws, all the prisons, and all the USELESS lawyers are no match for grass roots involvement in your own local communities. Woodburn residents have had enough, and more and more of us are putting their foot down... and getting results. Woodburn has more REAL heros in it per capita (police, moms, dads, teachers, etc.) than anywhere else on earth.