At 1 p.m. TODAY, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a work session and vote to amend Senate Bill 348 with amendment -3 to legislatively implement the provisions in Ballot Measure 114.
Since the court has stayed Measure 114 from taking effect, the democratic-controlled legislature is doing a bait and switch on Senate Bill 348. SB 348, originally, required the Department of Justice to study ways to address the unlawful possession of firearms and provide the results of the study. BUT Amendment -3 will strip that original language out and replace it with provisions from Ballot Measure 114 and much more.
Amendment -3 bans magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, requires a permit-to-purchase with the requirement that an applicant must complete a firearms safety training course with an in-person requirement and the instructor must be approved by a law enforcement agency, bans 18 to 20-year-old adults from purchasing certain firearms, increased waiting periods, and maintains a state gun owner registry. Even more insulting is that Amendment -3 specifically states any questioning of constitutionality should this become law must be commenced in the Circuit Court for Marion County. Apparently, the sponsors of this amendment already know this will head to court and want one favorable to them.
Please use our Take Action button below to email the committee urging them to OPPOSE SB 348 and any amendment to this bill. Please make sure you use all the take action buttons to ensure the respective committee members receive your OPPOSITIONS to each of the gun control bills.
Tomorrow, April 4, at 3 p.m., the Joint Public Safety Subcommittee will hear House Bill 2005A. This bill combines several gun control bills requested by Governor Tina Kotek and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum into one. HB 2005 A now contains provisions from HB 2005, HB 2006, and HB 2007. Use our take action button below to email the members of the subcommittee urging them to OPPOSE HB 2005 A.
House Bill 2005 restricts private individuals from making their own firearms for personal use. There are already federal laws and regulations regarding this issue. It also bans possession of existing, legal, home-built firearms unless owners take them to Federal Firearms Licensees to have them serialized and recorded.
House Bill 2006 prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing certain categories of firearms. HB 2006 also provides that a person may not intentionally sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a firearm when the transferor knows or reasonably should know that the recipient is under 21 years of age, unless transferred by a parent or guardian and classifies the violation as a Class A misdemeanor.
House Bill 2007 weakens Oregon’s preemption law by allowing localities to prohibit concealed carry in public buildings and on their grounds. Firearm preemption laws give the state the sole occupation of firearm laws. This “small” step weakening the state’s preemption law will only lead to gun control advocates returning year to year slowly but surely dismantling hunting and firearms ownership in the Beaver State.
Don’t forget to share this important action alert with your family, friends and fellow sportsmen, and urge them to also take action by emailing the committee and asking them to OPPOSE SB 348 and HB 2005A.
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