The BulleTin • SaTurday, March 27, 2021 A3
TODAY
It’s Saturday, March 27, the 86th
day of 2021. There are 279 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1964, Alaska was hit by a mag-
nitude 9.2 earthquake (the stron-
gest on record in North America)
and tsunamis that together
claimed about 130 lives.
In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan
Ponce de Leon sighted pres-
ent-day Florida.
In 1884, the first telephone line
between Boston and New York
was inaugurated.
In 1942, during World War II,
Congress granted American ser-
vicemen free first-class mailing
privileges.
In 1945, during World War II, Gen-
eral Dwight D. Eisenhower told
reporters in Paris that German
defenses on the Western Front
had been broken.
In 1968, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin, the first man to orbit the
Earth in 1961, died when his MiG-15
jet crashed during a routine train-
ing flight near Moscow; he was 34.
In 1973, “The Godfather” won the
Academy Award for best picture
of 1972, but its star, Marlon Bran-
do, refused to accept his Oscar for
best actor. Liza Minnelli won best
actress for “Cabaret.”
In 1975, construction began on
the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which
was completed two years later.
In 1980, 123 workers died when
a North Sea floating oil field
platform, the Alexander Kielland,
capsized during a storm.
In 1995, “Forrest Gump” won six
Academy Awards, including best
picture and a second consecutive
best actor Oscar for Tom Hanks.
In 2015, Italy’s highest court
overturned the murder convic-
tion of Amanda Knox and her
ex-boyfriend in the 2007 slaying
of Knox’s roommate, bringing to
a definitive end the high-profile
case that had captivated tri-
al-watchers on both sides of the
Atlantic.
In 2019, a Wisconsin man, Jake
Patterson, pleaded guilty to kid-
napping 13-year-old Jayme Closs
and killing her parents; the plea
spared the girl from the possible
trauma of having to testify at his
trial. (Patterson was sentenced to
life in prison.) Facebook said it was
extending its ban on hate speech
to prohibit the promotion and
support of white nationalism and
white separatism.
Ten years ago: International
air raids targeted Libyan leader
Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown
of Sirte for the first time as rebels
quickly closed in on the regime
stronghold.
Five years ago: A bombing in the
eastern Pakistani city of Lahore
killed 65 people in a park crowded
with Christians, including many
children; a breakaway faction of
the Taliban claimed responsibility.
One year ago: The House ap-
proved a $2.2 trillion coronavirus
rescue package; it was immedi-
ately signed by President Donald
Trump. New outbreaks surged in
cities including Chicago, Detroit
and New Orleans; where crews
rushed to build a makeshift hospi-
tal in the city’s convention center.
The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a civil
rights leader who helped the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. found the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, died at 98.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Julian
Glover is 86. Actor-director Aus-
tin Pendleton is 81. Actor Michael
York is 79. Rock musician Andrew
Farriss (INXS) is 62. Movie director
Quentin Tarantino is 58. Rock mu-
sician Derrick McKenzie is 57. Rock
musician Johnny April (Staind) is
56. Actor Talisa Soto is 54. Actor
Pauley Perrette is 52. Singer Ma-
riah Carey is 51. Actor Elizabeth
Mitchell is 51. Hip-hop singer Fer-
gie is 46. Jazz musician Tia Fuller
is 45. Actor Emily Ann Lloyd is 37.
MLB catcher Buster Posey is 34.
Actor Brenda Song is 33. Pop sing-
er-songwriter Kimbra is 31.
— The Associated Press
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
Bill barring firearms from
state buildings passes Senate
BY PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
confined to a vestibule and
police ejected them.)
SALEM — All firearms
would be barred from state
buildings, and local govern-
ments would have the option
of barring them from their
own buildings, under a bill that
is halfway through the Oregon
Legislature.
The Senate voted 16-7 on
Thursday for Senate Bill 554.
It goes to the House after a de-
bate lasting more than three
hours and reflecting the na-
tional arguments about gun
regulation.
Majority Democrats de-
feated a Republican-proposed
substitute that would have af-
firmed the constitutional right
to bear arms and required a
study of gun-free zones. They
also rejected seven other Re-
publican motions that would
have delayed or killed the bill.
The bill would bar about
300,000 holders of con-
cealed-handgun licenses from
bringing their firearms into
state buildings, including the
Capitol. Some places, such
as state courts, already are
off-limits.
Cities, counties, schools and
other local governments would
have the option under the
bill to bar firearms from their
buildings, although adjacent
garages and parking lots are
What opponents said
But Sen. Tim Knopp,
R-Bend, argued the opposite.
He said the bill would deprive
thousands of concealed-hand-
gun license holders from being
able to defend themselves. He
also said he could think of only
one instance — a 2019 shoot-
ing at a Eugene middle school
that resulted in police killing a
male parent involved in a cus-
tody dispute — when there was
a conflict.
“What we have here is a bill
in search of a problem,” Knopp
said.
Knopp said if supporters
were confident that it had pub-
lic support, they should vote to
put it on a statewide ballot.
Sen. Bill Hansell, a Repub-
lican from Athena and a for-
mer Umatilla County com-
missioner, said counties do
not want the burden of having
to decide whether firearms
should be allowed in public
buildings.
When Oregon voters are
removing criminal penalties,
including those for posses-
sion of small amounts of drugs
other than marijuana, “we are
criminalizing this,” Sen. Lynn
Findley, R-Vale, said.
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The bill halfway through the Oregon Legislature would bar about
300,000 holders of concealed-handgun licenses from bringing their
firearms into state buildings, including the Capitol.
excluded. A ban also can apply
to airport terminals; the federal
Transportation Security Ad-
ministration oversees boarding
areas and the shipment of fire-
arms in stored luggage.
of licenses to people who met
specified standards, Burdick
said sheriffs had broad discre-
tion over who could obtain li-
censes. Oregon now has about
300,000 people with such li-
censes.
“The events of 2020 are a
flashing red light that we need
to do something,” Burdick said.
She referred to armed inva-
sions of the Michigan Capi-
tol in Lansing — several men
were arrested in an attempt to
kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whit-
mer — and the U.S. Capitol
in Washington, D.C., on Jan.
6. (Anti-lockdown protest-
ers also breached the Oregon
Capitol during a special ses-
sion Dec. 21, but they were
What supporters said
The bill’s chief sponsor and
floor manager was Sen. Ginny
Burdick, a Democrat from
Portland and a long-time sup-
porter of gun regulation.
Burdick said that under a
state law dating back to 1969,
possession of firearms in a
public building is a felony
unless that person has a con-
cealed-handgun license. But
until 1989, when state law
changed to require issuance
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