Initiative Petition No. 43, filed with the Oregon state elections office in Salem on Thursday, seeks to ban a certain type of semiautomatic rifle along with most semiautomatic pistols and their magazines. If it passes, how would this be enforced?
How to ruin a fine spring: gun control
Written April 3rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering
For a while there, until the clouds rolled back in Sunday night, the pleasant springtime weather made it hard to worry about the dismal state of Oregon politics. But then, ahead of the dark skies, came The Oregonian and reminded us that the leading Democrats in state government are not giving up their quest to […]
Lots of gun chatter: All but useless
Written December 3rd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
After every mass murder by gunfire, lots people with access to Facebook or some other medium feel compelled to spout off. Hardly anything sensible ever comes out, and we’d be no worse off if everybody just kept his trap shut.
Gun sense? Like in Britain, Australia?
Written October 2nd, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Here we go again with the debate about what President Obama calls “common-sense” gun laws. On Thursday, after the massacre in Roseburg, Obama complained about citizens who oppose “any modest regulation of how we use a deadly weapon,” as though he’d never heard of all the laws on that very subject.
Why background-check bill deserved to die
Written March 8th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Our Oregon legislature did not accomplish much during the short session that ended Friday, but its main achievement lies in what it did not do. Among the things it did not do was to enact Senate Bill 1551, requiring private sellers of firearms to obtain background checks on the would-be buyers.
Gun hearing: Reason still missing
Written February 6th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
For two and a half hours Thursday morning, witnesses at a state Senate committee hearing in Salem disagreed about SB 1551, which would expand the background check required in gun transactions to private sales and gifts. Chairman Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene kept track and said the Senate Judiciary Committee heard from 20 witnesses for the bill […]
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Tags: background checks, gun control, SB 1551, Senator Close, Senator Prozanski
Tags: background checks, gun control, SB 1551, Senator Close, Senator Prozanski
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Guns and the Oregon Constitution
In the debate about gun control, it is worth remembering what the Oregon Constitution actually says, and then check what the court has said it means.
Tags: gun control, Initiative 43, Initiative 44, Oregon Constitution, Section 27, State v. Kessler