Contact info for Oregon Senate Officials - Contact now - Stop Gun Bills

[bubbazanetti]

Politely call YOUR state Senator right now.

These gun bills just advanced and will be voted out. This will change your rights permanently for the worse, if they pass.

Email also, as a follow up.

Sample email below (change to your own taste - keep it polite):



[your name]
[your address]
[your city, state, zip]

April 18th, 2013

The Honorable Jeff Kruse
900 Court St NE S-315
Salem, OR 97301

Dear Senator Kruse:

My name is [insert your name] and I reside at [insert your address] in [insert your city], Oregon. I am employed as a [insert your occupation/retired/homemaker/student/etc].

I am writing you to ask that you vote No on the following bills:

Senate Bill 796
Senate Bill 700
Senate Bill 699
Senate Bill 347

SB 347, the “no guns in schools” will ban concealed carry in virtually all schools. No one has provided a single example of a crime committed by a CHL holder in a school in Oregon…ever.

SB 699 requires that CHL holders keep their firearms “concealed from view” while in public buildings. The only apparent explanation for why this should be required is that some people are “offended” by or “distressed” at the sight of a firearm in civilian hands. Ironically , we don’t require licenses for open carry, only for concealed carry. Now, because some people have phobias and irrational fears, we are forcing people give up their rights so no one’s “feelings are hurt. There are many things that offend many people. Are we going to outlaw everything anyone objects to?

SB 700 still requires that I get police permission before giving a gun to your best friend or many family members. It also requires that I obtain forms from the State Police and keep them for 5 years if you transfer a firearm. The fact is, the background check system is already failing on a regular basis and people are delayed sometimes for months because of its regular errors. Expanding this system is a terrible idea.

Finally, SB 796 has been amended to outlaw online firearms classes. Why? No one seems to know. Ivy League Universities offer online course and college degrees are offered for them. Oregon has a charter school that is completely online. Online education is the wave of the future, it provides a far greater range of instructors than in-person teaching can and there have been exactly zero problems with people who have learned gun safety online. This bill is another idea whose time has clearly not come.

I appreciate your help and ask that you please send me a response letting me know how you plan to vote on these infringements on my rights.

Thanks you for your time and considering my request.

Sincerely,

[insert your name]



Contact info:

Oregon State Legislature - Oregon State Senate

Senator Jeff Kruse Back to Top
Party: R District: 1
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1701
District Phone: 541-580-3276
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-315, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 636 Wild Iris Lane, Roseburg, OR, 97470
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Herman Baertschiger Jr. Back to Top
Party: R District: 2
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1702
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-403, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Oregon State Senator Herman E. Baetschiger Jr.

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Senator Alan Bates Back to Top
Party: D District: 3
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1703
District Phone: 541-282-6502
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-205, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 2859 State Street #101, Medford, OR, 97504
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Floyd Prozanski Back to Top
Party: D District: 4
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1704
District Phone: 541-342-2447
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-415, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: PO Box 11511, Eugene, OR, 97440
Email: [email protected]
Website: Oregon State Senator Floyd Prozanski

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Senator Arnie Roblan Back to Top
Party: D District: 5
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1705
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-417, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Oregon State Representative

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Senator Lee Beyer Back to Top
Party: D District: 6
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1706
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-419, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Lee Beyer

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Senator Chris Edwards Back to Top
Party: D District: 7
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1707
Fax Number: 541-744-7110
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-405, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Betsy Close Back to Top
Party: R District: 8
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1708
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-303, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Fred Girod Back to Top
Party: R District: 9
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1709
District Phone: 503-769-4322
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-401, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 101 Fern Ridge Road, Stayton, OR, 97383
Email: [email protected]
Website: Oregon State Senator Fred Girod

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Senator Jackie Winters Back to Top
Party: R District: 10
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1710
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-301, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator State Senator Jackie Winters

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Senator Peter Courtney Back to Top
Party: D District: 11
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1600
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-201, Salem, OR, 97301
Interim Address: 900 Court St NE, S-201, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Brian Boquist Back to Top
Party: R District: 12
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1712
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-305, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Oregon State Senator Brian Boquist

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Senator Larry George Back to Top
Party: R District: 13
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1713
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-307, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Mark Hass Back to Top
Party: D District: 14
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1714
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-207, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: PO Box 536, Beaverton, OR, 97075
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Mark Hass

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Senator Bruce Starr Back to Top
Party: R District: 15
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1715
District Phone: 503-352-0922
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-411, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 22115 NW Imbrie Drive #290, Hillsboro, OR, 97124
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Betsy Johnson Back to Top
Party: D District: 16
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1716
District Phone: 503-543-4046
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-209, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: PO Box R, Scappoose, OR, 97056
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Elizabeth Johnson

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Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Back to Top
Party: D District: 17
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1717
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-215, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Oregon State Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward

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Senator Ginny Burdick Back to Top
Party: D District: 18
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1718
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-213, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Ginny Burdick

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Senator Richard Devlin Back to Top
Party: D District: 19
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1719
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-211, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Alan Olsen Back to Top
Party: R District: 20
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1720
District Phone: 503-936-8605
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-425, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: PO Box 820, Canby, OR, 97013
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Alan Olsen

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Senator Diane Rosenbaum Back to Top
Party: D District: 21
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1700
District Phone: 503-231-9970
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-223, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 1125 SE Madison St., Suite 100B, Portland, OR, 97214
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Chip Shields Back to Top
Party: D District: 22
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1722
District Phone: 503-231-2564
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-421, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 5313 N Vancouver Ave, Portland, OR, 97217
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Jackie Dingfelder Back to Top
Party: D District: 23
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1723
District Phone: 503-493-2804
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-407, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: PO Box 13432, Portland, OR, 97213
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Rod Monroe Back to Top
Party: D District: 24
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1724
District Phone: 503-760-4310
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-409, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 7802 SE 111th Ave, Portland, OR, 97266
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Rod Monroe

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Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson Back to Top
Party: D District: 25
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1725
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-413, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson

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Senator Chuck Thomsen Back to Top
Party: R District: 26
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1726
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-316, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Website: Senator Chuck Thomsen

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Senator Tim Knopp Back to Top
Party: R District: 27
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1727
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-309, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Interim Email:[email protected]
Website: Oregon State Senator Tim Knopp

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Senator Doug Whitsett Back to Top
Party: R District: 28
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1728
District Phone: 541-883-4006
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-311, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 23131 N. Poe Valley Road, Klamath Falls, OR, 97603
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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Senator Bill Hansell Back to Top
Party: R District: 29
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1729
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-423, Salem, OR, 97301
Email: [email protected]
Interim Email:[email protected]
Website: Oregon State Senator Bill Hansell

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Senator Ted Ferrioli Back to Top
Party: R District: 30
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1950
District Phone: 541-490-6528
Capitol Address: 900 Court St NE, S-323, Salem, OR, 97301
District Office Address: 111 Skyline Drive, John Day, OR, 97845
Email: [email protected]
Website: <broken link removed>

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[BroncoFan]

Got this message from Senator Close today:

"Today 4 gun bills, SB 347, SB 699, SB 700, and SB 796 were voted on in the Senate Judiciary Committee. I voted no.

Thank you so much for your input on these issues. I received over 3000 emails in opposition to these gun bills. There were hundreds in favor. A majority of constituent emails from my district were opposed to these bills. In my opinion, the bills target law-abiding citizens.

I am looking forward following to the progress for school districts, working on their own security issues on the local level. Unfortunately, these bills will not deal with these dangerous problems or help prevent tragedies like the Sandy Hook school shooting or the Clackamas Town Center shooting. I will be focusing on enforcing laws that are currently in place, such as our current background-check laws. We in the legislature continue to work toward strengthening our mental health state and community programs. We passed a bill out of the Senate Judiciary committee today, SB 421 A. The bill deals with identifying and committing dangerous, mentally ill persons.

Again thanks for writing!


Senator Betsy Close
Oregon District 8"

 

[pokerace]

Haven't heard from OFF yet..

I tried watching it got in to early and went and did something else nobody there, 2 people in audience's. that vote was awful fast.