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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
They have a provision authorizing a State Militia (see Article X), but no enumerated right to bear arms.
Morons.