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11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - 14 dead as gunman open... · 2 replies · -17 points

Another month, another mass shooting. Now begins a cycle of condolences and shock from legislators, empty calls to do something about it, and silence from the NRA, then the fervor will die down and nothing will be done by our leaders to stop the next one as the gun lobby pays them off. Don't let it happen. It's time to do more to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, like requiring a background check for private gun sales, prohibiting sale of assault rifles and large ammo clips, and better mental health reporting to the background check system.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Police: Man points gun... · 0 replies · +2 points

The minimum age for gun purchase or possession in Oregon is 18. This man is 20. Look it up before you accuse, loser. http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/166.250

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Balloonists recount la... · 0 replies · -5 points

Pretty dumb. They're lucky to be alive. There's another flying contraption recently invented which is safer under adverse flying conditions. It's called an airplane.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Fight, gunfire, car cr... · 0 replies · +4 points

Yikes! I hope they catch this a-hole. Glad he missed the second policeman.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Dispute on streets of ... · 1 reply · 0 points

I took a shooting course, taught by a police trainer, wherein he repeated many times that you do not pull your weapon unless you intend to kill. Shooting to wound is difficult and less likely to stop an attacker. But who knows, really, what this idiot was thinking.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Quick thinking 5-year-... · 0 replies · +7 points

Good boy! And good father for training him! Kudos to the 911 operator, too.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Veteran of 4 armed ser... · 0 replies · +2 points

Bear Heart. Farewell, and thank you.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Man shot by deputies i... · 0 replies · +1 points

But there's very little stopping them from doing so, and that's the problem.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Man shot by deputies i... · 2 replies · +1 points

It's sad that diagnosed mentally ill people are still able to legally purchase and possess firearms in Oregon. The state is trying (slowly) to update the NICS background check system with the names of dangerously mentally ill people, but not fast enough, and it doesn't help at all for private sales, where sellers are not required to run a background check or even ask any questions.

11 years ago @ KVAL - Eugene, OR - Man shot by deputies i... · 0 replies · +1 points

Indeed!

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