‘Red Flag’ Gun Laws Didn’t Stop a Guy From Blowing Up a Portland Club
'The ground floor of the building was completely destroyed'
May 4, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield
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The gun control debate operates in this strange nebulous zone in which there’s simply no way to commit mass murder except through firearms.
Local media is taking some sort of strange victory lap after the Multnomah Athletic Club bombing.
Oregon’s extreme risk protection order law, also known as the “red flag” gun law, is one of the least-used protective orders in the state, according to a 2023 state report.
But it may have been a key safeguard in the case of the man suspected of driving a car packed with explosives into the Multnomah Athletic Club early Saturday — and a reason no one other than the suspect died in his alleged attack.
He set off a car bomb that did massive amounts of damage. It’s lucky no one was killed, but it’s certainly not for lack of potential deadliness.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/red-flag-gun-laws-didnt-stop-a-guy-from-blowing-up-a-portland-club/
