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Firearms are displayed at a gun shop in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 19, 2021. In Oregon, a bill that would increase the purchasing age for AR-15s and similar types of guns to 21, impose penalties for possessing undetectable firearms and allow for more limited concealed-carry rights has spawned emotional debate among lawmakers, reflecting the national divide over gun rights. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File)

Charged debate on Oregon gun bills reflects national divide

- Associated Press

An emotionally charged debate over Oregon's gun-related legislation recently brought lawmakers on different sides of the issue near tears, reflecting a passionate divide over gun rights that is also playing out nationwide.

A shooter fires a rifle at a target at Slate Ridge Vermont, an unpermitted gun range and firearms training center, Saturday April 17, 2021 in West Pawlet, Vt., during what organizers called a Second Amendment Day Picnic. A judge has ordered the owner of Slate Ridge to survey the property and demolish any unpermitted structures. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Second Amendment liberty’s most essential safeguard 200 years later

The right to keep and bear arms has a prestigious and gloried history. Titans of constitutional law such as St. George Tucker and Joseph Story referred to this protection as the "true palladium of liberty" -- the bulwark that preserves all other inalienable rights.

A police officer carries traffic barricades across 27th Avenue near Dear Valley Road, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Phoenix, as a damaged police vehicle is transported out of the area after a shooting occurred the night before injuring two Phoenix police officers. Americans struggled this week to process not one, but multiple high-profile shootings that unfolded in major cities and smaller towns across the U.S. But behind the stand-out headlines about shooting rampages in Bend, Ore., Phoenix, Detroit and Houston were dozens of murders and violent crimes that went largely unnoticed. (Megan Mendoza/The Arizona Republic via AP)

‘Devastating’: Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll

- Associated Press

Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly. Moments later, gunfire erupted and Taylor was hit by a stray bullet as he and a friend headed to their car.