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On this day, January 6, 1885, The 148 passengers aboard a train headed from The Dalles to Portland, were finally freed from snowdrifts that blocked their passage both from the east and the west. With food growing alarmingly scarce, the conductor ordered most of the able-bodied men to walk to Portland. About eighty men, many with their feet wrapped in towels, left the trains in extreme blizzard conditions to make their way to the city. No one starved and no one died, but nearby Starvation Creek got its name from the incident.

Also on this day, January 6 1994, At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was bludgeoned on the right lower thigh with a police baton by an assailant, who was later apprehended and identified as Shane Stant, a person who was hired by Portland resident and rival figure skater Tonya Harding.




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Constitutional Carry Petition Filed in Oregon
Establishing the right to carry concealed firearms without permit

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office has now received the initial prospective petition filing to establish constitutional carry in Oregon. The three chief petitioners in the effort are: Joel Pawloski, Chair of the Marion County Republicans; Kerry McQuisten, former gubernatorial candidate and former mayor of Baker City; and Jean Sampson, former city council member of Clatskanie in Columbia County.

The title as listed in the petition information is: “Establishing the right to carry concealed firearms without permit.” The proposed text is as follows: “PARAGRAPH 1. Section 27, Article I of the Constitution of the State of Oregon, is amended to read: Sec. 27. (1) The people shall have the right to bear arms for the [defence] defense of themselves, and the State, but the Military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power. (2) The right described in subsection (1) of this section includes the right to carry, without a permit, a concealed firearm.”

Says Pawloski, “Constitutional Carry is an important right for the safety and security of all Oregonians. The failures of leadership in Oregon are endemic. With ballot initiatives, the people of Oregon act as our own legislators under the Oregon Constitution, and it’s time we take the lead on this subject.”

McQuisten concurs. “We’ve watched so many over-the-top gun-grab attempts in Oregon erode our Second Amendment rights. We shouldn’t be asking permission from the government to protect ourselves.”

“Gathering this many signatures is a daunting task,” added Sampson. “But I think Oregonians are ready for this change in the same way that more than half of our U.S. states have been.”

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T

After the prospective petition paperwork is approved by the Secretary of State’s office, the chief petitioners will be issued a signature sheet template to begin collecting at least 1,000 sponsorship signatures, which are necessary to receive a ballot title from the Oregon Attorney General’s Office. After that step is achieved, the process of gathering the actual signatures necessary for the initiative to appear on the 2024 ballot will begin.

Additional statements will be released, along with official website information, when the gathering of the first 1,000 signatures begins.


--Ben Fisher

Post Date: 2023-03-05 09:50:49Last Update: 2023-03-05 16:23:44



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