U.S. Mental Health and Firearm Mortality Epidemic

U.S. Mental Health and Firearm Mortality Epidemic

The data and associated analyses results used in Bleyer A, Siegel S, Estrada J, Thomas CR. Fallacy of attributing the U.S. firearm mortality epidemic to mental health. PLOS ONE are posted here. The data sources, each publicly available, are: Institute for Health...

In Favor of Firearms

Excerpts from The Bulletin’s My Nickel’s Worth and In My View in favor of firearms Cars and hammers also kill  by Thomas Nitcher of Bend (April 21. 2013)In response to Jim Hauser�s article in the March 6 My Nickel�s Worth: In 2010, there...

Gun Debate Extends Teach of Colorado Recall Races

New York Times  /  September 3. 2013   Also published by The Bulletin COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad have each donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. The National Rifle Association is...

Proposed Gun Control Legislation Seems to do Little

The Editors  /  The Bulletin  /  Jan 11, 2014 Oregon state Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, is back at it. When the Legislature convenes next month, he plans to introduce a bill to expand background checks on gun purchasers. Prozanski supported a similar proposal in...

Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control

By Erica Goode  /  New York Times  /  December 15, 2013  GREELEY, Colo. …  Colorado’s package of gun laws, enacted this year after mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., has been hailed as a victory by advocates of gun control. But if...

Gun Rights and Pot’s Acceptance Collide

By Chad Garland / The Associated Press  /  February 6, 2014 SALEM  Getting caught with a little marijuana won’t prevent you from getting a concealed handgun license in Oregon. That is, if it happened in the state and after 1973.Oregon law generally prohibits...