Editorial: What new gun laws might the Oregon Legislature consider?

No gun law will stop a committed shooter. What gun laws can do is make it more difficult and/or more expensive for a person to get a gun and use it to kill others or themselves. After the school shooting in Bend on Oct. 15, we are sure many Oregonians and state legislators are reflecting on gun laws and wondering what if any changes would be appropriate. We emailed on Wednesday three Bend legislators — state Sen. Anthony Broadman and state Reps. Jason Kropf and Emerson Levy — asking if they knew of any such effort in the Legislature. Levy believed there might be some effort on gun safe storage requirements, but she didn’t know for sure. Broadman and Kropf did not get back to us by our Friday morning deadline. There are, though, many possibilities. For instance, Oregon does not have any specific taxes on guns or ammunition. The federal government does. Bills were introduced in several states earlier this year to add new taxes specifically on guns and ammo.

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