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Gun Confiscation Ballot Measure Updates.

05.09.18

Last evening at 5pm was the deadline for submitting comments on the ballot title for IP 43, the  firearms confiscation measure.  This measure would ban not only almost all modern firearms but could potentially even ban some lever action rifles.

Anyone who commented has standing to challenge the ballot title created by the Attorney General in the Oregon Supreme Court.

The Secretary of State is reporting they received over 1000 comments. Typically they receive a dozen or fewer.

The comments can be seen here. Many of you have shared the comments you sent with us. We have seen some very impressive and thorough work and you should all be proud.

Next up as you know, is the same process for IP 44.

This outrageous attack on your rights and common sense would require that your guns be inaccessible and even holds you responsible for crimes and accidents that involve a firearm you owned,  for 5 years after you sold it.

Based on the Heller decision it is almost certainly unconstitutional.  In Heller, the late Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in the court’s opinion :

“The requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self defense and is hence unconstitutional.”

That, however, does not mean this dangerous act of theft will stay off the ballot. Once again, anyone who comments on the ballot title will have standing to challenge it in court.

The ballot title for IP 44 can be seen here. Deadline for comments is May 15. You may comment on any or all of the components of the title including the caption, the summary and outcomes of a “yes” or “no” vote. You may also propose alternative language for any of these components.

If you are sending your comments via email, we have been informed that a signature is NOT required. Nor is a street address, but it is suggested. First and last name are required.  Comments  can be sent to:

Email to irrlistnotifier.sos@oregon.gov

Fax to 503.373.7414
Mail to 255 Capitol St NE Ste 501, Salem OR 97310

There is plenty to find fault with in the ballot title as it does not even come close to clearly explaining the broad reach and damage this measure does.

OFF will be doing everything possible to stand in the way of the hateful people who are using the initiative process to steal your rights, your property and, if they have their way, your freedom.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to make your voices heard with comments on IP 43. We have no doubts you will do another outstanding job commenting on IP 44.

If you would like to support our efforts to defeat these mindless attacks on our liberty, safety and heritage you can do so here.

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Second Anti Rights Ballot Measure

05.01.18

The Second Anti-Rights, Anti Constitution Ballot Measure has received a “ballot title”

IP 44 has the ballot “caption” :

“Requires firearms be locked during storage/transfer, loss reported, minors’ use supervised; imposes penalties/liabilities   

Of course that does not in any way describe the dangerous and unconstitutional things this ballot measure does. You can read the actual language of the measure here. 

The ballot language is, once again, incoherent. You can see the language of the caption, summary and results of a yes or no vote here.

The chief petitioners are :
Henry Wessinger 1000 SW Vista Ave #1105 Portland, OR 97205
Vincenza Passalacqua (Jenna Yuille) 1704 19th St. NW #9 Washington, DC 20009
Paul Kemp 8710 SE 137th Avenue Happy Valley, OR 97086

For reasons we cannot explain, Jenna Yuille, an anti-rights extremist and anti-gun activist and Bloomberg employee, is using a Washington DC address and another name, while still posting an Oregon phone number.

As with IP 43, Oregon voters can submit comments on the language of the “ballot title” which means any of the language in the “caption”  or “summary” or the language describing what happens if the measure passes or fails.

Here is the “summary”according to the Attorney General:

Summary: Requires owner/possessor of firearm to secure it with trigger or cable lock, or in locked container when not being carried by owner/possessor; must transfer firearm with trigger or cable lock, or in locked container; must report theft or loss of firearm to law enforcement within 24 hours; person who transfers firearm to minor must directly supervise minors’ use of firearm. Failure to comply with requirements treated as violation. Person failing to comply with requirements is strictly liable if injury to person or property results within five years from failure to comply; liability does not apply if injury results from self-defense/defense of another. Attorney General to adopt specifications for trigger locks, cable locks, firearms containers. Defines “firearm,” “transfer,” other terms. Other provisions

You can make comments on  the caption, summary or language describing the outcome of a yes or no vote here:

Scan and Email to irrlistnotifier.sos@oregon.gov

Fax to 503.373.7414
Mail to 255 Capitol St NE Ste 501, Salem OR 97310

 Please keep in mind the Secretary of State is NOT responsible for the ballot title language. They are just the “messenger”. 

As with measure 43, if you file comments about the ballot measure title you will have standing to challenge the ballot title in court.

Comments are due by 5/15/2018

 

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Ballot Title For Measure 43 Released.

 

Yes, they really are coming for your guns.

04.24.18

The Attorney General has released her proposed ballot title and summary for  IP 43, the state-wide firearms confiscation measure.

You can read her title and summary here.

The short version is this:

DRAFT BALLOT TITLE Criminalizes possession or transfer of “assault weapons” (defined) or “large capacity magazines” (defined), with exceptions

As you can see, the ballot title falls far short of covering all the dangerous and onerous provisions of this measure.

Oregon voters can send comments about this ballot title to the Oregon Secretary of State for the next ten days. Keep in mind, your comments must be on the” ballot title ” not on the absurd language of the ballot itself.

Comments Due
May 8, 2018  

Where to Submit
Scan and Email: irrlistnotifier.sos@state.or.us
Fax: 503.373.7414
Mail: 255 Capitol St NE Ste 501, Salem OR 97310

One thing the Secretary of State does not make clear, and this is important, is that they want all comments submitted to be “signed.”   So while you can print out your comments, sign them and scan them and send the scanned documents to the Secretary of State via email, a simple email with your comments will not work.

Here is the actual language of the ballot measure.

If you plan on submitting comments or suggested ballot title language,( and you should) please carefully read the measure and then submit your comments based on the obvious shortcomings of the ballot title. You will want to concentrate on why the ballot title language is insufficient, misleading, incorrect or inflammatory. If you provide comments you will have standing to challenge the ballot title language in the Oregon Supreme Court.

Clearly the simple use of the meaningless term “assault weapon” is misleading and inflammatory. The title also makes no mention of the fact that magazines will have to be “registered” something that is essentially not possible.

Suggested ballot titles may not exceed 15 words. (Yes, we know that’s absurd.)

As you know, this measure is intended to do nothing less than make felons out of many thousands of Oregonians while making no one safer.  We strongly encourage you to be involved and send you comments to the Secretary of State.

 

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Mandatory Lock Up Ballot Measure Moves Forward

04.24.18

Today the Oregon Secretary of State announced that proposed ballot measure 44 had the required number of signatures (1000) to move on to the Attorney General for a draft ballot title.

This measure would hold you liable for any damage or injuries that happened with a firearm that you transferred, for 5 years after it was no longer yours unless you could prove it was transferred with a lock. There are many other absurd provisions too numerous to detail.

As with IP 43, the AG will create a proposed title and Oregon voters will be given an opportunity to comment on the proposed ballot title language.

After that anyone who provided a comment will have standing to challenge the ballot title in the Oregon Supreme Court.

The AG must provide the proposed title by May 1. We will post more info as this progresses.

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Gun Confiscation Ballot Measure Moves Forward. Pro Rights Rallies Saturday.

04.17.18

Ballot Measure 43, the “Inter-Hate” petition to imprison Oregonians for exercising their rights, was sent to the Attorney General today for a draft ballot title.  After being delayed because they were short on signatures, the petitioners gathered more and collected enough to move to the next step.

After receiving the text of the initiative, the Attorney General prepares a draft ballot title and files it with the Elections Division. A ballot title includes:

a caption that does not exceed 15 words describing the subject of the petition;

a statement that does not exceed 25 words describing the result if the petition is passed;

a statement that does not exceed 25 words describing the result if the petition is rejected; and

a summary that does not exceed 125 words describing the major effect of the petition.

As you can imagine, it will  be virtually impossible for an accurate ballot title and summary to be created given how extreme this measure is.

After the Attorney General creates the title, summaries, and statement registered voters in Oregon will be given an opportunity to comment on the language of the ballot title. There will no doubt be plenty to complain about.  The Attorney General has until April 24th to create the title.

When she does, we’ll post detailed information on how you can submit your comments. Any registered voter who comments will have standing to appeal the ballot title language in court. You will have until May 8 to submit your comments.

Please keep an eye on these alerts for updates.

This coming Saturday there will be pro Second Amendment rights rallies in several locations in Oregon. Please try to attend the one closest to you.

The rallies already announced for that date are from 11am to 1 pm at the following locations:

Redmond City Hall, Redmond

Sandy City Hall,  Sandy

State Capitol,   Salem

Medford City Hall   411 W 8th St , Medford

405 East 8th Ave, Eugene


Til Taylor Park on SE 7th Street  Pendleton.

 

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Facebook Blocks OFF. Candidate Ratings Available

04.16.18

Today Facebook blocked OFF from posting on its page. There was no explanation.

We know that Facebook manipulates its content and blocks any material that it does not agree with, but this is the first time OFF has been cut off from posting messages. This is all we received:

“You recently posted something that violates Facebook policies, so you’re temporarily blocked from using this feature. For more information, visit the Help Center.”

Needless to say, the “Help Center” provided no help.

While Facebook has been a useful tool for reaching people and giving them the opportunity to respond, it is becoming increasingly clear that it is a medium that is designed to control its users, mine their data and silence any information not in line with its narrative. This is amazingly dangerous.

If you are a Facebook user be aware that the information you are getting there is heavily controlled. (Like you didn’t know that.)

On another note, Oregon Firearms has posted our candidate grades for the May primary elections. You can see them here.

So far they have not found a way to shut down our website.

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One More Anti-Gun Ballot Measure

04.02.18

Another anti-gun ballot measure has been filed. As you can see, in this case one of the chief petitioners is not even an Oregon resident.

This measure requires that firearms be locked up and may not be “transferred” without having trigger locks or being in locked containers.  Of course it is no longer even legal to transfer a firearm except to close family members unless the transfer is done through a dealer, so who is liable then?

Section 2 (sub 3  ) would hold you strictly liable for any injury that occurred five years after you transferred a firearm without a trigger lock . We’ll update as we  analyze the latest hare-brained push by the mindless Bloomberg stooges.

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Bump Stocks And Ballot Measures.

04.02.18

We will soon have a determination from the Secretary of State on the validity of the signatures turned in for  gun confiscation ballot Measure 43.

If enough signatures are approved, the measure is sent to the Attorney General to create a proposed “ballot title.”

Attorney General Rosenblum is a militant anti-gunner so you can bet the proposed title will paint this hate driven ballot measure in the best possible light.

After she creates the title, the public will have a ten day opportunity to comment on the language of the title.

After that, the  Attorney General reviews the public’s comments and issues a “certified” ballot title. At that point anyone who submitted comments has standing to appeal the title to the Oregon Supreme Court.

We will, of course, keep you informed of the progress of this measure.

While that’s happening we also wanted to share with you the Trump administration’s plans to declare that “bump stocks” and similar devices are actually “machine guns.”  You will have to read the language of the proposed rule to see just how tortured their reasoning is and how badly they have mangled the meanings of simple English words. There are already numerous localities that have outlawed these devices and many thousands of people risk becoming felons overnight if the Trump rule is adopted.

 

As you know, “bump firing” can be done with items as simple as strings. In fact guns that have NO modifications can be bump fired simply by how you hold the gun.

The proposed rule is open for comments and we encourage you to share yours.

No matter how you feel about things like bump stocks, this proposed rule is extremely over broad and almost certainly unconstitutional. As one OFF supporter said in his comments about the rule:

“The scope of the proposed rule, ATF 2017R-22 “Bump-Stock Type Devices,” far exceeds the applicability of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and GCA of 1968 for the principle reason that a firearm fitted with a bump-stock does not in any matter meet the definition of a “machinegun,” as defined by the NFA. The ATF proposal asserts that “such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger” but this assertion is patently false and a propagandist lie to the American people.”

Finally there are numerous pro-rights rallies being planned for April 21. If you are a Facebook user you can keep up to date by following or joining these two Facebook pages.

https://www.facebook.com/OregoniansForFirearmsEducationAndRights/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/352562715229908/

The rallies already announced for that date are from 11am to 1 pm at the following locations:

Redmond City Hall, Redmond

Sandy City Hall,  Sandy

State Capitol,   Salem

Municipal Court   411 W 8th St , Medford

405 East 8th Ave, Eugene

Let us know of other events so we can share them with Oregon patriots.

If you want to contribute to the legal battle to stop the gun confiscation ballot measure, you can help us here.

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Gun Ban Ballot Measure Update

03.26.18

As you probably know, signatures were turned in today to start the process to put a measure on the ballot to ban modern firearms and magazines and make felons out of thousands of law abiding Oregonians.

First, understand that this is not a “bill” and will not be voted on or determined by the governor or legislators. This will be decided by a vote of the people. That is why it is critical that you be registered to vote.

The measure, which you can see here, even bans things that don’t exist like “threaded barrels that accept forward pistol grips.”

We want to let you know what to expect and how you can help stop this madness.

After these initial signatures are turned in, the Secretary of State must validate the signatures to determine if there are sufficient qualifying signatures to get a “draft” ballot title.

Then the Attorney General has to create an “impartial” draft ballot title.

After that happens the public will have an opportunity to make comments on the draft ballot title.

For example, if the draft ballot title is “Bans Assault Weapons” a member of the public could object because “assault weapon” is a fictitious term.

The Attorney General  must then consider these comments and  issue a “certified” ballot title.

Given how far left our Attorney General is, you can rest assured it will be misleading at best.

At that point, anyone who submitted comments has standing to challenge the ballot title before Oregon’s Supreme Court.

The signature gathering process to actually get the confiscation measure on the ballot cannot begin until this process has run its course.

As this measure moves we will provide you with details of dates and procedures to comment, and if you choose, challenge the title in court.

If you want to see all the details of the process, please download this manual.

Stay tuned. There is a lot of work to do to prevent wholesale confiscations by the state.

If you wish to donate to help stop this measure you can do so here.