Oregon decides to criminalize gun owners

Posted by blarman 9 years ago to Government

This law - if passed - places onerous burdens on gun ownership, mandating a background check, etc., for even temporarily lending your gun to a friend - like at a shooting range. Insanity.

SOURCE URL: http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2015/04/gun_background_check_bill_pass.html

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Posted by plusaf 9 years ago

and, as usual, no mention of any measurement for gauging success or failure of the law in the future.

Morons.

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Posted by eilinel 9 years ago

I thought it already HAD passed?

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  Posted by blarman 9 years ago
  
  It passed the Senate and now goes to a vote by the House and signature by the Governor. We can still hope that sanity prevails, but having relatives in Oregon, politics there are dominated by power-hungry liberals. I fully expect this to pass and then end up in court.
  
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Posted by Flootus5 9 years ago

Does Oregon have a 2nd Amendment in their State Constitution?

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  Posted by blarman 9 years ago
  
  No. See (https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_...)
  
  They have a provision authorizing a State Militia (see Article X), but no enumerated right to bear arms.
  
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    Posted by Flootus5 9 years ago
    
    What is Section 27 in their Bill of Rights?
    
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      Posted by blarman 9 years ago
      
      I missed that, being buried so far down (kind of emphasizes their priorities). Here it is verbatim: "Section 27. Right to bear arms; military subordinate to civil power. The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defence [sic] of themselves, and the State, but the Military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power[.]"
      
      I'd love to get an Oregon lawyer's read on it, however, as this seems a very limited view of the US 2nd Amendment - especially when compared to Montana's very specific grant that designates the right as a precedent to Montana's part in the Union itself. The way that can be read, it is implying that the State grants the right and the wherewithal of implementation.
      
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        Posted by Flootus5 9 years ago
        
        Yes, it should be at the top of the list. I believe (without full research) that most if not all States have a 2nd Amendment version. I think that comes through the Congressional Enabling Acts for Statehood and abiding by the guarantee of a Republican form of government. Which would raise the question of what is in the Constitutions of the original thirteen. More research.
        
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Oregon decides to criminalize gun owners

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