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Record Gun Production During Obama Term as Buyers Stock Up
By Del Quentin Wilber / Bloomberg News / February 21, 2014 WASHINGTON U.S. gun makers led by Sturm Ruger & Co. and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. churned out a record number of firearms in 2012, government data show, continuing a trend of robust production during Democratic...
Don’t Blame Weapon in Suicide
By Zeke Duge of Sisters / My Nickel's Worth / The Bulletin / Mar 15, 2014 I am saddened by Dr. Archie Bleyers March 8 opinion piece "Suicide is a valid reason to reduce firearm availability" in The Bulletin. It appears the Bleyer believes that if the government takes away firearms from the...
Gun Proposal (in Medford) Being Studied (and Shot Down)
The Associated Press / Mar 18, 2014 MEDFORD The Ashland City Council oversaw a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposal to ban people from openly carrying loaded guns in public.When it was first proposed, the measure drew threats of a lawsuit and of a boycott of the Southern Oregon tourist...
Airsoft Wars – A Safe Game?
Young participants, parents say rules keep play safe, fun BEND, Ore. - The call of the battlefield beckons many in Bend. Bend Airsoft is hosting airsoft battles in an area clearly marked for the event. "I never knew it was going to be this much fun," said 13 year-old Daniel Stroemple. Ross Keys,...
M.I.T. and Other Colleges Accept Gun Lobby $
By Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post / March 15, 2015 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. In between completing problem sets, writing code, organizing hackathons, worrying about internships and building solar cars, a group of MIT students make their way to the athletic center, where they...
Gun Bill Should Be Defeated
By Stephen Clark, a Bend resident / In My View / The Bulletin /Apr 3, 2015 If you have read the entire text of proposed Senate Bill 941 and the statutes it proposes to amend, you might correctly conclude the devil is in the details. Lots of details that are very hard to figure out...
First medical residency program in the works for Central Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University is in the early stages of creating what is expected to be the first graduate medical education program primarily based in Central Oregon. Read more at the St. Charles website:...
Make sacrifices now for our kids
Oregon school buildings closed early in the coronavirus pandemic because we know children are drivers of respiratory virus spread, even if they are less likely to show symptoms of COVID-19. In the months since then, our understanding of the disease and its effect on kids has continued to evolve,...
St. Charles staff may not criticize quality of hospital care publicly
Hospital board claims members of medical staff support standing gag orderBy Erik Lukens, The Bulletin Editor If your doctor believed St. Charles Bend was providing inadequate patient care, should he or she be able to say so publicly? If you answered in the affirmative, you’re in for a...
Will You Forgive Me for Saving You?
Perspective in July 5 NEJM by Torree McGowan, MD, St. Charles Medical Group "I remember the day I first met you. It was a quiet Sunday, early in the morning. I heard a commotion out by the check-in desk, and your mom’s scream: “My baby’s not breathing!†The first...
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