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Portland-Area Applications for Concealed Handgun Licenses Spike Amid Political Upheaval

Portland Police Now Say Both Right-Wing And Left-Wing Protest Groups Had Guns At Aug. 4 Protest

Police Chief Danielle Outlaw has only publicly claimed that left-wing protesters, who bore the brunt of heavy-handed police tactics, brought guns. Police now say both sides did.

Portland Police Will Establish Weapons Checks at Saturday Patriot Prayer Rally but Will Not Take Guns From Licensed Owners

A heavy Portland police presence has succeeded in keeping the warring protest groups apart in the past.

A Portland Tattoo Artist Fatally Shot a Homeless Man in the Parking Lot of His Business. Oregon Law Says the Shooting Was Legal.

The law, Oregon Revised Statute 161.219, protects the rights of private citizens to use deadly force as much or more than nearly any other state in the U.S.—except perhaps Texas, where citizens can pursue fleeing felons and still be justified in shooting them.

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