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FEDS AND THE STATE LOOK AT "RECIPROCITY" |
OFF ALERT 11.14.11
As you may have heard, the US Congress is likely to hear HR
822 as soon as tomorrow.
This bill is intended to allow your CHL to be honored in other
states. While very well intentioned, the bill has some definite
flaws.
You may have read some of the arguments for and against this
legislation. Some pro-gun groups and the Brady Anti-gun Campaign
are opposed to it. The pro-gun groups claim it’s a dangerous
intrusion by the Feds into gun rights. The Brady Campaign is
(as usual) claiming the sky will fall and out-of-state murderers
will descend on us to wreak havoc.
Meanwhile, the NRA is claiming this bill is a terrific solution
and a great step forward. Our friends at Gun Owners of America
have done the most level-headed analysis we have yet seen on
this bill and we encourage you to look at the following alert,
which if you did not receive directly, is linked here:
You should also know that the Oregon House and Senate Judiciary
Committees are meeting this week, Wednesday for the Senate and
Thursday for the House.
Members of both committees have been involved in closed door,
private meetings in Salem, and the committees will be discussing
one of the issues from those meetings. Their schedule lists
it as:
"Work Group Report: Reciprocity - Recognition of out-of-state
concealed weapons permits and license holders records, if other
states recognize Oregon concealed weapons permits and have similar
requirements “
While this sounds like it is potentially positive we have been
informed that the intent is to create a system where the Oregon
State Police will be given the authority to determine which
other states’ permits should be recognized. In fact, they
had this authority in the past and recognized exactly... none.
We believe that it is a mistake to task the State Police with
this authority. The police are an enforcement body and not a
judicial body. Their history indicates that they consider no
other states good enough. While we support any effort to move
Oregon into modern times (we currently recognize NO other permits)
we think this may be little more than a ploy to create the illusion
that a reciprocity bill is being considered when the final outcome
will be no different from where we are right now.
You can see committee agendas here.
You can view hearings live here
The Senate Committee meets in Hearing Room C and the House Committee
meets in Hearing Room F.
Both meetings are at 2pm on their respective dates.
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