Oregon decides to criminalize gun owners

Posted by $ blarman 10 years ago to Government
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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.


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  • Posted by Flootus5 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    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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  • Posted by $ 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    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 plusaf 10 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 $ 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    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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