An Oregon anti-hunting ballot initiative opposed by NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, failed to gather enough certified signatures to be considered by voters. Oregon’s Initiative Petition 28, called the “People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions (PEACE) Act,” was proposed to prohibit and criminalize hunting, trapping and livestock production.
The proposed ballot initiative was disqualified by the Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division for consideration by voters on Nov. 3, 2026, after it gathered just 104,262 valid signatures, well below the threshold requirement of 117,173 required signatures.
“This radical anti-hunting plan was clearly, and correctly, rejected by Oregonians who wanted no part of this attack on the heritage of outdoorsmanship and proven conservation efforts that managed hunting requires,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President & General Counsel. “The proposal would have, without question, destroyed Oregon’s rural communities, outdoor economy and abundant wildlife. Hunters are the original wildlife conservationists and are crucial to sustained propagation of managed wildlife for future generations. Oregonians are correct to reject this short-sighted and politically-driven agenda that would have annihilated over a century’s work to restore wildlife across Oregon’s landscape.”
NSSF vocally opposed IP 28, which was pitched to voters as a measure to strengthen state animal cruelty laws. However, Oregon already punishes animal cruelty. IP 28 would have removed legal protections for regulated hunting, fishing, ranching and other lawful activities that are critical for wildlife management, culturally rooted and economically important across the state.
Further, IP 28 would have threatened the funding structure that supports wild game and non-game species alike. In fact, 85 percent of Oregon’s wildlife money comes from the combination of excise taxes paid by firearm and ammunition manufacturers and hunting license, permit and stamp fees. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service apportioned $1.3 billion to state wildlife agencies last year. Over $804 million of that is sourced directly from the Pittman-Robertson excise tax paid by firearm and ammunition manufacturers. Oregon received over $9.7 million from that apportionment.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that hunting, fishing and wildlife watching accounted for $1.2 billion in spending in 2019, or $1.47 billion when adjusted for inflation. Oregon’s outdoor recreation economy generated $9 billion in economic impact in 2024, supporting more than 76,000 jobs and accounts for 2.7 percent of state gross domestic product.
The Crazies will be back next year.
Custody Exchange At Police Station Turns Deadly
[background synopsis: Two women (mom and another woman) arrive at a designated ‘Safe Custody Exchange’ parking area in a police department parking lot to pick up a child from the father. Police station right there, police all around at the station, cameras everywhere and completely covered in surveillance. An argument happens for some reason, the exchange is made though. The man leaves, the women with child leave, in their separate vehicles but encountered each other again on a nearby street. At that point, the women attempted to return to the police station. As they drove toward the police station the man is ramming their car with his. They make it to the police station with the man following and he rams their car again at the police station. The women with child flee their car trying to get into the police station for help, doors like 20 feet away but the man follows. One of the women draws and fires hitting the man several times, he dies.]
(Colion): “A child custody exchange at a Cleveland police station turned deadly after police say a man rammed a car twice with a child inside, then followed the women and child as they tried to get inside the station for help.
That detail matters.
Because this happened in the parking lot of a police station.
Cops inside.
Cameras everywhere.
A child in the car.
And it still fell apart.
Police say Marcus Draegans met two women for a child drop-off shortly before one in the morning. A short time later, the cars drove past each other on a nearby street, the women turned around and headed back toward the police station, and investigators say Draegans rammed their car twice.
Not once.
Twice.
That means after the first impact, there was time to register what happened and still make the decision to do it again.
And when someone uses a vehicle like a weapon, especially with a child inside the other car, the situation is no longer just ‘property damage.’ It becomes evidence of how far that person may be willing to go.
Back at the station, police say the women and child got out of the car and tried to make it inside for help. Draegans allegedly got out and followed them. Then one of the women shot him multiple times.
If you forced me to call it right now, I’d lean justified.
But this is exactly the kind of case where one missing detail can flip the whole analysis.
Was she at fault in creating the confrontation?
Did she genuinely and reasonably believe she was about to be killed or seriously hurt?
Was he still advancing?
How close was he?
Could she get through the door?
Was the child still with her?
Those small details matter because self-defense is not judged by vibes. It is judged by facts, timing, distance, threat, and what a reasonable person would believe in that exact moment.
And here is the part people need to understand:
She was standing on the property of a police station, with officers close by, and the system still did not get there before he did.
That is not an insult to police.
That is reality.
Police respond after something starts. They investigate after something happens. They write reports after the danger is already in motion.
But when the threat is walking toward you, the first responder is still you.
No charges had been filed at the time of the report, but police said they were not ruling out charges in the future. So even if this turns out to be legally justified, the dangerous part of her night is not automatically over.
The shooting stops.
Then the legal fight begins.
And this entire case starts with the same lesson I keep saying over and over:
Leave people alone.”
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Federal court split on suppressors – going to SCOTUS: LAWYER – It Finally Happened.
ht* tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9jhrR5gHZQ
Left wingers are willing to kill for their ‘beliefs’, kill you and others, only one little problem, their ‘beliefs’ are mental illness delusion dressed up in ‘rhetoric’ and fascism and violence they love so much: ‘Deported US Citizen’ Hysteria Dies Screaming: Dude Had Forged Papers and Admitted Sneaking In US.
“Last night, illegal immigrant advocates were breathlessly reporting that ICE had deported a U.S. Citizen to Mexico. The man had shown his birth certificate, Social Security card and even hospital records and STILL, he was deported. Well, that’s terrifying! If it could happen to him, what’s to stop it from happening to any American? ICE is out of control, clearly.
Not so fast.
…”
[note synopsis: All of what the man had, “birth certificate, Social Security card and even hospital records” were bogus forgeries, plus he admitted to ICE that he entered the country illegally.]
Well, according to the smartest people in the room. The Libertarians. There is no reason to vote. Because both parties are the same.