Emboldened by a state Court of Appeals ruling that Oregon’s gun control Measure 114 is constitutional, Beaver State lawmakers are doubling down in their anti-gun-rights crusade, despite the state making what attorney William Kirk has labeled “the Dirty Dozen” list recommended for scrutiny by the Department of Justice’s Second Amendment Task Force.
The Task Force was announced earlier this month by Attorney General Pam Bondi. Earlier this week, as reported by AmmoLand News, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) recommended 12 states for possible investigation by the Task Force, because of alleged patterns of “grievous” Second Amendment violations.
But now, KGW is reporting that “some in the Oregon Legislature are pushing for more gun control bills.”
The station noted state Rep. Greg Smith, an eastern Oregon Republican, reacted, “I represent a district where my folks are just saying, ‘Gosh, enough is enough. Enough is enough. How much more are they going to do to us?’”
According to the KGW report, Democrats in Salem are now pushing three pieces of gun control legislation:
- House Bill 3075 which would create the enforcement mechanisms of Measure 114, “essentially preparing for implementation if the measure clears all of its current legal hurdles,” KGW says.
- House Bill 3076 would establish a state licensing program for Oregon firearms retailers. It has already passed out of committee.
- Senate Bill 243 would create a 72-hour waiting period for the completion of gun purchases. Neighboring Washington had a three-day waiting period for handgun purchases, but now imposes a ten-day wait on all firearm transactions.
While this is happening, OregonLive is reporting that two Harney County gun owners—Joseph Arnold and Cliff Asmussen—have petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court to determine whether Measure 114 actually complies with the state constitution, as the appeals court said it does. The state high court has yet to review the case. Arnold and Asmussen are supported by Gun Owners of America and the Gun Owners Foundation. They are represented by attorneys Tony Aiello Jr., and Tyler Smith at Tyler Smith & Associates in Canby, Ore.
In their motion, attorneys for the Harney County plaintiffs note the difficulty and red tape facing any Oregon citizen who wants to buy a firearm under provisions of Measure 114, which requires a permit-to-purchase from the police.
“To obtain the Permit,” they explain, “Oregonians must pay for and complete two classes; undergo an in-person psychological evaluation with law enforcement; pass two background checks; undergo fingerprinting and photographing; wait up to 30 days to appeal an indecision or denial; and pay a $65 fee.”
Under the Oregon State Constitution’s Article 1, Section 27, “The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defense of themselves, and the State, but the Military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power[.]”
And amid all of these happenings south of the Columbia River, civil rights attorney William Kirk, president of Washington Gun Law, has posted a video in which he discusses the CCRKBA’s letter to AG Bondi, recommending she direct the Task Force to focus on a dozen states, including Oregon.
My Takeaway,
I AM always Leary of .gov ‘TASK FORCES’ but I have o admit my Patriotism has been emboldened by DJT and his Administration and all they have done in the first (100) days.
Yes, some call me names for being a Patriot here but just look at my detractor’s posts and understand I really lose no sleep over their criticism. After (4) years of the Turnip’s Shadow.gov a hamster could do a better job running on his Wheel than that POS.
Here today we are STILL AT IT! It is very sad to see these Blu-Meanies in their DEATH THROES STILL ATTEMPTING their Socialist ways. The complete disarmament of WE THE PEOPLE
and their attempts at TOTAL CONTROL hasn’t worked out for them very well in these same 100 days has it? Yet they keep trying. The simple fact that 80-90% of the people SUPPORT the deportation of Illegal Migrants, The Right to Keep and Bear Arms, The fact that NO One will by another ‘Vax Attack’ is foreign to these poor slobs. They just keep pushing the same old tired Narrative, ‘BRING THIS MS13 Human Trafficker/Domestic Violence CITIZEN HOME!’ No! I don’t think so! Our little buddy David Hogg wants to spend $20 MILLION unseating the old Demoncratic Fossils and install a fresh batch of 30 somethings to invigorate the Party…
Get rid of the old fossils? I agree but adding a bunch of AOC/David Hoggs isn’t the answer to righting this Country’s ship.
These (12) States thye mention are circling the drain and they only have themselves to blame.
I pray that this ‘TF’ drops the hammer on these delusional .gov’s and their Soros Backed money
pits. There is more to this article and a video but suffice it to say what I copied gives you most of the story. WE ALL KNOW THIS ALREADY, We are just rehashing the same Bullsh!t over and over again until WE PATRIOTS finally say ENOUGH!. (My Opinion Only: WE ARE RIGHT THERE)
We KNOW they won’t stop. We gave them ample opportunity to 'Cease and desist in their GUN GRAB but the M$ney is to great! The POWER they wield to to intoxicating and they must be put down like the rabid dogs they are. Anthony Fauci is reemerging again from the rock he slithered under attempting a SECOND GENOCIDE of We the People and I believe it will be the right time to put an end to Big Pharma, Bill Gates Population Reduction, Eat Bugs, 'Lectric Insanity.
Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) has been enlarged recently (December–Last year) 33,000 more beds! WHY? There was also an additional Tribunal Court added to the one already in place
(with seating for a Large 'Press corps box). It doesn’t take a Conspiracy Theorist like me to figure the way this Country is heading if something isn’t done (Rapidly) about these Social-Anarchists and Judges who seem to think they ARE THE LAW over OUR PRESIDENT.
It gives me HOPE that this will end badly for these Criminals finally.
Maybe knocking these (12) States is the start.
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