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background checks on all gun sales, by a net 80 percentage points; creation of a national database with information about each gun sale, by a net 57 points; banning of assault-style weapons, by a net 42 points; closing the gun show loophole, by a net 70 points; requiring gun owners to store their guns in a safe storage unit, by a net 62 points.
In his 1970 article "America as a Gun Culture," [37] historian Richard Hofstadter used the phrase "gun culture" to characterize America as having a long-held affection for guns, embracing and celebrating the association of guns and an overall heritage relating to guns. He also noted that the US "is the only industrial nation in which the ...
Eugene (/ j uː ˈ dʒ iː n / ⓘ yoo-JEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States.It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast.
The Maschinengewehr (MG) 151 is a belt-fed autocannon for aircraft use, developed in Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1940 and produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser during World War II.It was originally produced in 15.1 mm caliber from 1940, with a 15×96mm cartridge, but due to demand for higher effect against aircraft, especially with the introduction of mine shells for the 20 mm MG-FF/M aircraft cannon ...
The list of Oregon ballot measures lists all statewide ballot measures to the present. In Oregon , the initiative and referendum process dates back to 1902, when the efforts of the Direct Legislation League prompted amending the Oregon Constitution for the first time since 1859.