An Oregon teacher’s letter to lawmakers: We don’t need your prayers, we need your courage

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8. My State Senator in Oregon

Here in Oregon my State Senator (who won by a handful of votes) supported gun legislation in the last session.

I know the NRA and conservatives were thinking of a recall. Why? Because I was polled about it and one of the questions was "What did I think of the NRA" and then a bunch of questions about guns and some other stuff and then the questions: "Would I support a recall of said senator?" "Would I vote for him in the next election?"

Bottom line is he supported what some here on DU would rightly call very "inadequate" gun legislation and he was targeted.

I will be sending a thank you. While I doubt it would have stopped yesterday's tragedy, it was a step in the right direction.