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During the October 4 airing of CNN’s State of the Union, gun control proponent Mark Kelly reacted to the Umpqua Community College (UCC) shooting by calling for an expansion of the same background checks that the Oregon gunman passed to get his weapons.

On Friday, in response to the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon in which Christians were targeted and murdered, Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey minced no words in his concise message to Christians and those who believe in the values of Western Civilization: buy guns.

Normal people think coercive government power should be primarily directed at criminals, so the Left is constantly trying to make the entire population see themselves as criminals. The more collectively guilty we all feel, the more prepared we are to submit to the power of a self-appointed “enlightened” ruling class. Gun control is not a goal — it is really a means to an end, a vehicle the Left would drive to gain even greater power.

Let’s talk about the heroes of Umpqua instead of the psychotic killer. 30-year-old Army veteran Chris Mintz was shot seven times by the killer as he struggled to protect students. His aunt Sheila Brown told NBC News he served 10 years in the military, and had just started classes at the college. She also said he was on the wrestling team and had experience as a cage fighter. Several sources say Mintz was stationed at Fr. Lewis in Washington, and was deployed during his Army service.

Oregon’s SB 941—the legislation requiring background checks for all gun sales—went into effect on August 9, but Lane County Sheriff Byron Trapp pointed out that the law is unenforceable without an accompanying statewide gun registry.

Parents across Oregon are critical of a new Medicaid program that would pay out state aid to help teenagers as young as 15 get a sex change operation without parental consent.

Assisted suicide legislation in California is in danger of dying itself, as a vote in the State Assembly Health Committee slated for Tuesday was delayed another two weeks.

On May 4, the Oregon House approved universal background check bill SB 941, thereby sending the measure to Governor Kate Brown’s (D) desk for a signature.

Oregon’s Josephine County Sheriff David Daniel says the background checks contained in Senate Bill 941 are “unenforceable,” and he will not bother enforcing them, even if the legislature passes them.

In an effort to get more Californians to the polls, Secretary of State Alex Padilla is offering a new proposal that would enable “automatic” voter registration. Imitating a new law in Oregon that allows the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles

When the Republican-controlled Congress promoted welfare reform as one of its top priorities in 1995, opponents accused them of being unsympathetic to the plight of impoverished Americans and insisted the proposed policies would end up harming true reforms.

On Friday’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on ESPNU, host Colin Cowherd was seeding the states of the US the same way college basketball teams get seeded in NCAA March Madness, when he was asked what was in Oregon that

The measles outbreak has provoked California lawmakers to back legislation that would reduce personal belief exemptions for some or all required school vaccinations–but Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., wants them to reconsider.

The demise of Cover Oregon is a sobering lesson in allowing statists to seize power with a bunch of big promises and phony cost projections.

New Oregon Governor Kate Brown, a Democrat who helped oust her predecessor, John Kitzhaber (D), ostensibly because of ethics concerns, has ethics problems as well. Brown, the first openly bisexual governor in the nation, is known for her ruthless pursuit of power.

Oregon Democrats are jumping ship in defending scandal-plagued Gov. John Kitzhaber as calls for his resignation intensify, reports the Associated Press. Influence-peddling allegations and a series of alarming clean energy cronyism allegations surrounding his controversial fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, have Kitzhaber

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) announced Monday that the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery must pay a lesbian couple up to $150,000 for refusing to sell them a wedding cake.

With seven pro-Second Amendment bills before the Colorado state legislature on February 22—including some that would repeal certain gun laws instituted in 2013—Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America urged Democrats to dig in and oppose the repeal of gun control.

As Oregon’s senate prepares to convene February 2 for a “five-month legislative session,” returning senators who tried but failed at gun control in previous years hope having more Democrats in 2015 means gun control will finally succeed.

A man was arrested on suspicion of DUI Thursday night after stealing a nine-passenger electric golf cart from the Rose Bowl and taking the vehicle onto the 210 freeway in Pasadena.

Hall of Fame coach Bobby Bowden likes Florida State over Oregon in the Rose Bowl semi-final game.

Monday morning, Fox News Channel played a video from the weekend of anti-police protesters in Portland,  marching through the streets singing “deck the halls with rows of dead cops.” Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN