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Huge Influx of Gun Sales in Oregon Causes FICS Delays

Oregon's BM114 becomes law on December 8, 2022

(SALEM, Ore.) - Since the day after Ballot Measure 114 passed in Oregon, guns and ammo have been selling like hotcakes.

According to the Oregon State Police, the Firearms Instant Check System (FICS) unit has experienced unprecedented volumes of firearms transactions since November 8, 2022, as never seen before in the program’s 26-year history.

Gun Control, the Third Rail of American Politics

Why are American men so obsessed with guns?

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - For the third straight year the United States has experienced over 600 mass shootings in which four or more people, other than the attacker, were shot.

Just recently, five people were killed in a mass shooting at Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo.; six were killed at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va.; four more were killed at the University of Idaho; and three were killed and two others wounded at the University of Virginia. This is intolerable.

Salem Police Investigating Hit & Run Traffic Crash

It is illegal to leave the scene of an accident. Witnesses, please contact police at number below.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Salem Police are investigating an injury Hit & Run traffic crash involving a vehicle and bicyclist.

A bicycle being ridden by a 53 yr old male who was traveling east on Union St. NE, and crossing Commercial St NE was struck by a silver 1990's model Jeep Cherokee who had been traveling south on Commercial St. NE.

Northwest Drivers Think Navigating is Less Distracting Than Talking or Texting

Poll supports gender-driven stereotypes when it comes to asking for directions

(SEATTLE) - Whether you're directionally challenged or a navigational pro, the latest poll from PEMCO Insurance reveals that most Northwest drivers find a GPS to be the lesser of two evils when it comes to technology distractions on the open road.

According to the PEMCO Insurance Northwest Poll, nearly half of drivers in Washington and Oregon (47 percent) think it's less distracting to use a GPS while driving, when compared to talking or texting on a cell phone while at the wheel.

Federal Judge in Oregon Rules No Fly Lists Unconstitutional

The decision hands a major victory to the 13 plaintiffs - four of them veterans of the U.S. military.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - The U.S. government's no-fly list banning people accused of links to terrorism from commercial flights violates their constitutional rights because it gives them no meaningful way to contest that decision, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.