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Locked and Unloaded

Gun safety bill passes Oregon Senate, now on Gov. Kate Brown’s desk
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Senate Bill 554 passed the Oregon State Senate after the Oregon House of Representatives modified the text to add storage and safety requirements. The bill would change Oregon laws to allow school districts, public higher education institutions and a few other public buildings the ability to prohibit the carrying of firearms on their property, even […]

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In a society rife with school shootings, communication is key

A new school-related item is entering the scene: bulletproof backpacks
The Source Staff

This school year, amid the lunch boxes and pencils and notebooks, a new school-related item is entering the scene: bulletproof backpacks. Yes, you read that right—and if you’ve already seen them, then you’ve likely already contemplated the gravity and absurdity of this being an item marketed to parents and kids. This, indeed, is where our […]

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Letters to the Editor

The Source Staff

In Response to, “Big Changes to Well Traveled Trails” on 11/15 My biggest problem with the trail permit system is the financial aspect. If this was all about preserving nature, there would not be so much money involved. To me, it is obvious that this is a money making scheme to simply capitalize off of […]

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Bendites Take Potshots at Gun Measure

City councilor Barb Campbell among those filing petitions
Christian Trejbal

Two Bend residents, one of them a city councilor, filed petitions seeking to change the ballot title and summary of a proposed initiative that would prevent the county from enforcing gun laws. Three Redmond residents are sponsoring the Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance. It would broadly re-interpret “firearms” in the U.S. and Oregon constitutions to protect “ancillary […]

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Deschutes County wouldn’t enforce gun laws under proposed ballot measure

Group collecting signatures to put a measure on the November ballot
Christian Trejbal

Deschutes County residents could vote on a ballot measure in November to prohibit the county from enforcing gun laws. Sponsors of an initiative petition called the Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance will begin collecting signatures to place it on the ballot. (See a version of the petition at the bottom of this post.) The proposed measure would […]

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I’ve Never: Shot a Gun

Playing cowboy with the Pine Mountain Posse
Avatar photo Erin Rook

As the first child born to overprotective parents, I am naturally predisposed to approach life with caution. As such, I’ve always had a healthy respect (read: mild fear) for anything that can cause loss of life or limb. Chief among those agents of potential death and destruction—guns. (Cue eye rolls from all the native Central […]

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Letters 6/19-6/24

The Source Staff

IN REPLY TO “PREGAMING FOR THE TOWN-GOWN SHOWDOWN” (6/19) Many people in this TOWN are for GOWN (new Westside OSU campus) so it’s not really a Town VS Gown situation like your headline says. It’s a NIMBY [Not In My Back Yard] vs. Higher Ed Supporters/Normal People/OSU showdown. This makes it sound like the entire […]

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Safety in their Sights

Schools respond to shootings with more cops, guns
Avatar photo Erin Rook

In the wake of the most recent mass shooting—this time in Isla Vista, Calif., near the University of California at Santa Barbara, where Elliot Rodger allegedly killed six people including himself—the ripple effects are coursing through the nation’s consciousness. While “active shooter events,” as the FBI calls them, have been a part of our social […]

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