Happy Flag Day
06.14.2025
As mostly peaceful riots spread from coast to coast in celebration of Flag Day (with apparently some mixed messages) the new Mayor of Portland gave a speech encouraging people to protest but imploring them to be “peaceful” and “respectful” because you see, those are Portland values. This, of course, prompted us to wonder how long he’s lived here. (He’s basically Ted Wheeler but not as masculine.)

So time for a weekend update.
First, some news on Mz 114.
As you know, Mz 114 was declared “constitutional” by Oregon’s Appeals Court in a decision that lead to head scratching by anyone who read it.
Now the Oregon Supreme Court has agreed to review that decision.
For reasons that we just cannot quite wrap our heads around, Oregon’s controlled media seems to be MIA on this story.
Oregon’s cartel propaganda mills, especially the aging Marxists at the Oregonian (formally a “newspaper”) seem to virtually wet themselves whenever they have bad news to report for gun owners or Oregon Firearms

Federation. But it’s darn hard to find a story about this move by the Supreme Court.
What does this mean? While it certainly is not an indication that the Court will overturn the Appeals Court ruling, it does not rubber stamp it either. Clearly they think the lower court got something wrong. And, as noted above, if you actually read what the lower court said, you would have to conclude they got everything wrong.
Could the Oregon Supreme Court make things worse? Of course they can, but for now this keeps Mz 114 on ice and that is a good thing. Because of this move by the Court, 114 will not go into effect any time soon.
HB 3075, which repeals Mz 114 and replaces it with worse language at twice the costs is still sitting in the House Ways and Means Committee having not been voted on in either chamber. And time is running out for its passage. It is possible for the legislature to move a bill through both Houses in one day. So this bill is still very much alive, but at the time of this alert it is still in committee.
Nothing is dead until the last gavel falls and the Republicans and Democrats meet together in a group hug and embrace like competing softball teams but the clock is ticking. We’ll take whatever good news we can get for as long as we have it.
Another issue to be aware of is Ballot Measure 28. This ballot measure will outlaw “killing animals” for food and just about everything else.
You may think this is so nuts no rational person would even consider this insanity. But rest assured the crazies who are pushing it will be every bit as deceitful as the wing nuts who brought us Ballot Mz’s 110, 113 and of course, 114.
They are already tricking people into signing it by claiming it’s to “stop experiments” on animals. Just like they lied to us about what Mz 110 would do and now our streets are open air toilets for mentally ill fentanyl addicts. Please spread the word, this is another deranged attempt to stomp out whatever normalcy is left in Oregon.
Not only does it ban hunting and fishing, it bans raising animals for food. Insane? You bet. Likely to pass? Yes if enough people are deceived about its intention.
Oregon has lost its mind in so many ways. Please don’t let this crackpot scheme gain traction. If you are a Facebook user please consider joining “Oregonians Against The PEACE Act.”
Have a great weekend and keep that bear spray handy.