An avalanche/deluge/landslide of written testimony has been submitted for the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee meeting tomorrow. Read it here https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1/Committees/SJUD/2013-04-05-08-30/MeetingMaterials
Samples
and many many many more.
I'm sure all the guys who demonstrated with AR-15's at the capitol and who have posted thousands or millions of words on this forum about their support for gun rights and how Obama is going to take our guns took the time and went through the trouble of submitting written testimony to counter-balance all the pro-gun control testimony submitted, right?
Right? Hello?
Samples
I am an older Central Oregonian and a life-long Republican.
I have been a gun owner and still relish a bit of plinking cans in a gravel pit.
While I cannot be present at Fridays hearings, I wish to express my strongest possible support
for Senate Bills 347, 699, 700, and 796.
I consider these bills important steps in the ongoing process to bring some measure of control
over gun violence.
Will they bring the horror of gun violence totally under control?
Of course not, but they are an important start!
A very wise man once wrote, All that is necessary for evil
to triumph is for good people to do nothing.
May you, our legislators, have the courage to resist the self-serving focus of the NRA and others
like them and become those who attempt to do something.
My name is Philip Bryer and I live in Eugene.
I am writing in support of the following Senate bills:
Senate Bill 700 is essential legislation because it closes the private sales loophole so
criminals and dangerous people can't buy guns.
Senate Bill 347 is absolutely necessary to give school districts the authority to prohibit guns
in Oregon public schools, K-12. I think guns should also be banned from all college and
university campuses.
Senate Bill 699 protects the public from the intimidating and bullying behavior of people
with concealed handgun licenses who flaunt or otherwise display their deadly weapons while
in public buildings.
Senate Bill 796 may reduce some of the carnage by requiring people who apply for a
concealed handgun license to pass a firing range test.
It's way past time to show some courage in curbing the gun lobby and the corporate
interests that oppose gun controls.
My name is Susan Beal and I am the mother of two young children in Portland. I'm
respectfully asking for your support for safer gun laws in Oregon, particularly Senate
Bills 700 and 347. I hope these are just the first of many common-sense efforts
regulating firearms as sensibly as other potentially dangerous products, like
automobiles or prescription narcotics.
I simply ask for firearms to be covered by the same type of common-sense laws
that govern cars and driving: someone who wants to own and drive a car must pass
a basic skills test, show legal identification, get insurance, register the car when it's
bought, and drive it safely so no one is hurt or killed. These basic measures do not
restrict anyone's rights and hugely improve public safety. So should it be with guns.
I am also strongly in favor of SB 700 regulating gun sales the same way in all
venues. Guns are far too easy to get when they change hands for cash at gun
shows.
My name is Melissa Chureau, and I am a mother and professional from southwest Portland. I
am also a member of Moms Demand Action because action for gun sense in Oregon and
America is the most important action we can undertake to protect our families and other
citizens from senseless violence.
I am calling on State legislators to adopt Bill 347 to give school districts the authority to ban
guns on campus.
Guns are lethal weapons designed to be exactly that. Schools and guns don't mix, period.
There is simply no place for guns in schools. Schools should be sanctuaries free of violence
and weapons where children and educators can focus on learning. Guns and children dont
mix. Please adopt Bill 347 to give school districts the authority to ban guns from schools so
they can keep children safe!
To the Honorable Senator Prozanski - Chair, Senator Close - ViceChair, Senator Dingfelder -
Member, Senator Kruse - Member, and Senator Roblan - Member:
I am writing to encourage all of you to support these four bills that you will receive
testimony on this Friday, April 5th.
In my view, these bills go nowhere near far enough to provide the level of gun safety that is
needed in our state. They are however, a good start.
and many many many more.
I'm sure all the guys who demonstrated with AR-15's at the capitol and who have posted thousands or millions of words on this forum about their support for gun rights and how Obama is going to take our guns took the time and went through the trouble of submitting written testimony to counter-balance all the pro-gun control testimony submitted, right?
Right? Hello?