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GUN BILLS TO GET HEARING FEB. 24th. |
Three
gun related bills will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee
on Feb.24th at 1pm in hearing room 357.
All three bills are positive changes for gun owners and we urge
you to contact the House
Judiciary Committee members and ask them to vote yes on
all three bills. Also, please contact your
own legislator if he or she is not a member of the committee
and tell them that you support the bills and expect them to
support the bills as well.
The three bills are;
HB 2463
This bill "Provides persons licensed to carry concealed
handgun in another state with protections provided to persons
with Oregon concealed handgun license."
The value of this bill is obvious. With so many states now recognizing
CHLs from other locations, Oregon is long overdue to get on
board. We have made numerous attempts to achieve this in the
past only to face legislative obstruction or vetoes. It's time,
and we urge its passage.
HB 2330
This bill is a bit more complicated, but very important to get
Oregon law to make sense. Currently, a person who was convicted
of only one felony, which did not involve a weapon or a homicide,
can get his gun rights restored 15 years after being discharged
from imprisonment, parole or probation. But, while that person
can no longer be charged with "felon in possession"
he would still be violating another statute that would make
him guilty of misdemeanor unlawful possession of a firearm.
Clearly this was never the intention of the legislature and
is an error. This bill corrects that error and allows a person
who made one mistake and has since led a law-abiding life to
get his rights restored under Oregon law.
HB
2314
This bill requires that a person could not be convicted of unlawful
firearms possession as the result of a past felony conviction,
unless he knew of the felony conviction at the time
he possessed the firearm. While this might seem like a no-brainer
to many, the complicated machinations of the court very often
leave a person unsure of what his conviction was actually for.
In fact, we know of one case underway where a gun owner was
charged with unlawful possession even though a previous charge
had been reduced to a misdemeanor. The DA in the case is insisting
that he was a "felon in possession" because the original
charge was a felony. The court reduced it to a misdemeanor,
so naturally the accused person logically assumed he was not
a "felon." The DA's tortured interpretation
of the law put this person in jeopardy, and this bill would
correct these kinds of incidents.
Please contact the House Judiciary Committee and ask them to
support these three bills.
A sample message and contact information follow:
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Dear Representative,
On Feb. 24th, you are scheduled to hear three bills in your
House Judiciary Committee that would improve Oregon's laws.
HB 2314 and HB 2330 clarify areas of Oregon law dealing with
possession of firearms for persons with past felony convictions.
I strongly believe these bills would provide needed corrections
and improvements to Oregon law.
HB 2463 allows law-abiding visitors to Oregon to have the same
access to self-defense they have in their own states.
With so many other states extending these rights to Oregonians,
I believe it is long past time that Oregon reciprocated.
Please support all three of these important bills.
Yours,
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House Judiciary Committee
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