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Oregon lawmakers face threats and backlash about gun bills

Oregon lawmakers face threats and backlash about gun bills By SARA CLINE, The Associated Press/Report for America Published: April 26, 2021, 10:46am Share: Children play in fountains at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., in June 2019. (Associated Press files) PORTLAND Ahead of the Oregon Legislature’s final vote on two contentious gun bills, lawmakers from both parties have received death threats, intimidating messages and faced recall petitions. While lawmakers say it is not uncommon for Democrats to receive threats for supporting and sponsoring gun bills, this session some Republicans are seeing a backlash for just showing up to work. In March, the state Senate voted in favor of Senate Bill 554, which would ban guns from the Capitol and other state buildings and allow local jurisdictions to decide whether people with a concealed handgun license can bring guns into public buildings.

Oregon lawmakers face threats and backlash over gun bills

Oregon lawmakers face threats and backlash over gun bills PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Ahead of the Oregon Legislature’s final vote on two controversial gun bills, lawmakers from both parties are receiving threats, letters of intimidation and recall petitions. The measures would enact among the strictest gun storage laws in the country and ban firearms from the state Capitol building. While lawmakers say it is not uncommon for Democrats to receive threats for supporting and sponsoring gun bills, this session some Republicans are seeing a backlash for just showing up to work. In March, six Republican Oregon senators did not participate in a walkout with fellow GOP lawmakers that would have denied quorum the day a gun bill was being voted on. As a result, senators that attended the floor session have received threats.

Oregon lawmakers face threats and backlash about gun bills

Oregon lawmakers face threats and backlash about gun bills
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