Oregon Legislature (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) With Oregon Democrats taking over the legislature in the Nov. 4 midterm elections, expanded background checks on gun purchases is more likely in 2015, the Blue Mountain Eagle reported. “I think the outlook for background checks is excellent,” said Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, last month. “Two of the people who outspokenly opposed background checks, Sen. Betsy Close and Sen. Bruce Starr, were defeated by candidates who strongly support background checks … Now we have a working majority for background checks.”

A similar initiative spurred on by Michael Bloomberg passed in neighboring Washington state by almost 60 percent during …read more