Topic: Gun Safety

Opinion: Safe gun storage is the prescription for 2021

OPS Member Representative Lisa Reynolds, MD; Representative Maxine Dexter, MD; and Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, MD

03/29/2021

  "As doctors, we work every day to support the health of Oregonians. An important part of that includes helping people take steps to keep themselves and their loved ones…

2021 OPS Advocacy Agenda Update & Remembrance

Julie Scholz, OPS Executive Director

03/25/2021

  [3/25/21] Sometimes your Facebook anniversary memories are bittersweet in ways you could never have imagined. On March 24, 2018, OPS’s new Advocacy Committee organized its first advocacy action, joining…

Video: How Extreme Risk Protection Orders Save Lives

OPS

09/05/2019

Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are court orders designed to temporarily keep firearms away from people who are at a high risk of hurting themselves or others. Since September is…

Gun Safety as a Public Health Issue

Ryan Hassan, MD

04/11/2019

OPS member Ryan Hassan, MD, addresses the politicized issue of gun safety and regulation as a public health issue.

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