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SB 978 Turns Into Monster Anti-Gun Bill

03.28.19

SB 978 has it’s first “amendment”. It’s 44 pages long and turns the bill into a nightmare anti gun bill.

We told you about SB 978 yesterday and assured you that this harmless looking bill was going to be gut and stuffed with draconian anti-gun language, and it has.

Here is a link to the “Dash 1″ amendment to the bill. And of course we use the word amendment quite loosely.

The “amendment” is 44 pages long. The “bill” was a few paragraphs.

After our first review of the bill here are the elements we noticed immediately. No doubt we missed a few.

If this “amendment” is adopted, the bill will:

Allow gun stores to refuse to sell firearms and ammunition to young adults (As Bi-mart, Walmart and Fred Meyers have done in violation of the law.)

Exonerate gun dealers who violated our anti-discrimination laws, even if they did it before this bill was passed. (Get out of jail free card for corporations that broke the law.)

Require that your self defense firearms be locked up. Under this bill you can be prosecuted even if you did lock up your guns with a cable lock if someone has “access” to a device to defeat the lock. Which of course, is anyone who has access to almost any tool.

Hold gun owners responsible for two years for guns they “transferred” unless they could prove the transferred gun had a trigger or cable lock. (This is one of the most inane ideas we have ever seen.)

Hold gun owners responsible for crimes committed with guns that were stolen from them.

Treat “80 % lowers” as complete guns requiring background checks and registration. If the lower is transferred and has no serial number, the police need a “detailed description: or the lower.

Ban “undetectable firearms.”

Ban “untraceable firearms”

Increase CHL fees.

Allows cities, counties, metropolitan service districts, airports, schools, colleges and universities to ban CHL holders from “public buildings.” Please note. The bill does NOT say buildings owned by those entities. It says “public buildings.” Under this bill a school in John Day could forbid you from carrying your firearm in a public building in Troutdale.

Ban CHL holders from airports. No, not just the terminal. But the parking lots and grounds “adjacent” to parking lots. Picking up your spouse at the airport? Go to jail.

This “amendment” is insane. If you can come to the capitol on April 2nd to testify against this please come. The sideshow hearing starts at 8am with sign ups to testify starting at 7.30 am in room 50 in the Capitol basement.

If you cannot be there in person please upload testimony to sjud.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov

You can contact the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee here.

The Senators who support your rights on that committee are:

Kim Thatcher, Cliff Bentz and Dennis Linthicum. The rest are opposed to your rights.

The person allowing this outrage to go on is Senate President Peter Courtney. You can, and should, contact him here.

This is not the end of it. Floyd Prozanski is planning another anti-gun bill to be heard on April 8th where, no doubt he plans to take away whatever he missed on this bill.

It’s essential that you get involved. NOW.

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Anti Gun Frauds. Get Ready.

03.27.19

As we told you previously, April 2 has been the day chosen for anti-gun bills in Oregon’s Senate Judiciary Committee.

Until today, we have not been told which bills would be heard.

Today it was announced that on April 2 at 8 AM  the Senate Judiciary Committee would be hearing SB 978.

The hearing will be in Room 50 in the basement of the Oregon Capitol Building.

SB 978 seems to be a very innocuous bill that gun owners should have no interest in, or concern over.

The summary of the bill says:

Directs Department of State Police to conduct study on reporting of attempted unlawful firearm transfers and present report on findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to judiciary on or before September 15, 2020.

Who could argue with that?

But here is the problem.

All bills have a “relating clause.”  This bill’s relating clause says  “Relating to firearms.”  This means that every single word of the bill can be stripped out and replaced with completely different anti-gun language as long as that language relates to firearms.

(These fake bills are called “place holders.”)

We believe the Oregon Democrats are playing “hide the ball” with gun confiscation bills.

While they are required to give advance notice of hearings on bills, they have almost no requirements to share information on “amendments” until, quite literally, the very last minute.

We think that could very well be happening with this bill.

Unless the Senate Judiciary Committee shares other bills they plan to hear (and they are running out of time to do that) it appears they will be holding a hearing on this bill and not allowing Oregonians to know what “amendments” they plan to introduce to make this an extreme anti-gun bill. Of course, the point of this would be to prevent you from knowing their plans so you would have no time to prepare arguments against them.

This is this the worst type of deceit.

If the Democrats decide to share what they will be trying to ram through on April 2nd we will let you know. But for now it seems they are determined to keep it secret so you cannot prepare a response.

If you can be at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing at 8 am on April 2nd, your presence would be incredibly important. You will have to be prepared to testify on changes to the bill that will have been kept secret from you until the last minute. But that is how the Democrats roll in Oregon now.

Please come. Please be ready. And please understand what an underhanded game the Oregon Democrats are playing.

 

 

 

 

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Yamhill Shoots Down Second Amendment Ordinance

03.21.19

After passionate testimony in favor of protecting Second Amendment rights (in a packed room) and (a few) others claiming the Second Amendment  is obsolete, used by people who “fetishize” firearms, two of three Yamhill County Commissioners voted to kill a Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance.

Only Commissioner Mary Starrett stood up for your rights.

Chair Rick Olson  (olsonr@co.yamhill.or.us) and Commissioner Casey Kulla  (kullac@co.yamhill.or.us) voted to allow the Portland controlled legislature to continue to strip you of your rights.

Starrett addressed concerns the other commissioners and county counsel had with the ordinance’s language by moving that the staff work with the Sheriff to craft an ordinance that addressed those concerns. Her motion was defeated.

We want to thank Commissioner Starrett (starrettm@co.yamhill.or.us)  for standing strong for the Second Amendment and all the articulate gun owners who testified so eloquently in favor of liberty.

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Anti Gun Bills Scheduled

03.19.19


We have received word that numerous (as of yet unidentified) anti-gun bills will be heard in Senate Judiciary on April 2.

We DO NOT have the bill numbers yet or the exact time of the hearing. We have been informed that the meeting could be moved up to 7.30 am.

Please make every effort to clear your calendar for that day. Having you in the room, whether you plan to testify or not, would make a tremendous difference.

If the past is any indication, the anti-gun side has already received a list of which bills will be heard. We will share that with you as soon as we have it.

While we do not know which bills will be heard, a complete list of the current bills is available here.

We know that most of you have jobs and other responsibilities and taking time off is a burden, but you can rest assured the other side will be bussing in people from out of state to fill the room. We need as many of you there as possible.

We will provide details as they become available.

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Yamhill County To Consider Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance

03.18.19

The Yamhill County Commissioners will be considering a Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance this Thursday at 10 am.

If you are a Yamhill County resident, please consider attending and testifying in favor.  As you know, urban legislators have introduced a flood of anti-gun bills and have the votes to pass anything they want. The best chance to stop these attacks on your liberty and property may well be at the county level.

The meeting will be at the Yamhill County Courthouse, 535 NE 5th in McMinnville in room 32. (This is a courthouse so firearms are not permitted.)

We fully expect the anti-rights crowd to pack the room.  Please come and express your support and request that the Commission stand up to the bullies in Salem. 

Whether you live in Yamhill County or not, please send a note of support for the ordinance using this link.

You may use the pre-written message as is or add your own text. You may also change the subject line.  Thank you.

 

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Gun Safety Bill Scheduled for Hearing

03.14.19

Senate Bill 801 has been scheduled for a hearing on March 27th at 1PM in Hearing Room B in the Capitol. The Senate Committee on Education is hearing the bill.

The bill allows (but does not require) public and private schools to have a 30 minute class on firearm safety and accident prevention for first graders.

The class must be taught by a teacher, administrator, law enforcement agent or “first responder.” None of these people are required to be firearms instructors.

“First responder” is not defined in the bill.

While the bill specifies what the curriculum must include, ie:

(a) The proper steps a student should take upon encountering an unsecured firearm;

(b) The differences between video game violence and real-life violence; and

(c) The dangers of confusing toy guns and real guns.

it does not have a prepared curriculum so this is left up to whoever is teaching the class.

While supportive of safety training for children, we believe that people who teach firearms safety should have a background in teaching firearms safety. There are probably not a lot of first grade teachers with this kind of training.

This bill has enormous potential and the people behind it are dedicated to keeping kids safe, but it needs some work.

We look forward to amendments to make this well intentioned bill truly effective.

 

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Pro Rights Rally March 23rd

Radian Weapons is hosting a pro rights rally on March 23rd to protect the Second Amendment in Oregon.

 

                                      Photo By Trent Yarnell

 

Never before have we seen the level of hatred being expressed against law abiding gun owners, both by legislators and out of state billionaires, as we are seeing now. So please come to show your support for freedom.

The rally will be on the Capitol steps starting at noon.

Radian’s website for the event is here. The Facebook page for the event is here.

You can contribute to the cost of the event at this link.

As you know, Oregon is facing some of the most totalitarian attacks on gun rights ever seen in America. Please join your fellow freedom lovers at the Capitol to send a message to the petty tyrants who are trying to destroy your freedom.

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Concealed Handgun License Holders Under Attack

03.04.19

The Oregon Senate’s most extreme enemies of your rights are at it again. Senators Prozanski, Burdick, Dembrow and Manning have introduced SB 925.

SB 925 would virtually guarantee that CHL holders would be prohibited from being on school property or airport property while in possession of a firearm.

Under the proposed legislation,  it could be illegal for a license holder to  possess a firearm even if you were simply dropping a family member off at the airport.

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Magazine Ban Introduced

03.04.19

Democrats in Salem have introduced yet another attack on your rights and property.

House Bill 3265 bans standard capacity magazines. Possession of any magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds will get you 6 months in jail. “Use” of a standard capacity magazine will get you a year in jail and a $6250.00 fine.

 

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Another Gun Ban Introduced

 

Another ban on modern firearms has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature. You know where this will go.

HB 3223 is essentially a copy of IP 43, the ballot measure we defeated last year. Of course, it has an “emergency clause”.

The bills summary says . “Requires person who owns assault weapon on effective date of Act to register assault weapon or take other specified action within one year of effective date of Act. Defines terms. Punishes violation by maximum of $2,000 fine, or by maximum of six months’ imprisonment, $2,500 fine, or both, for second and subsequent convictions. Prohibits manufacture, transfer or possession of assault weapon except in specified circumstances. Punishes by maximum of 364 days’ imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Requires report of loss or theft of assault weapon. Punishes failure to report by maximum of 364 days’ imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Provides that information in report may not be used in prosecution for possession or transfer of assault weapon. Declares emergency, effective on passage.”

The bill would effectively ban virtually all modern firearms unless the owner “registered” them with the police. The owner would have virtually no way to practically transfer the outlawed firearms to another person. The sponsors of the bill would allow you to move the guns out of the state. Or, of course you could simply move yourself out of the state. 

Possessing your dad’s M1 Carbine will get you a year in the slammer and a fine of  $6250.00

To see more info on this bill and its sponsors click here.

If you want to track this bill you can also use that link to “e subscribe” to that bill and any other bill you want to get alerts about. Just click on “Follow this bill” in the upper right corner of that page.

States that have created gun registries have used them to confiscate firearms and you can rest assured that is the goal here.

Furthermore, an additional  “lock up” bill has been introduced. SB 817   “Creates crime of unlawful storage of firearm. Punishes by maximum of 364 days’ imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Punishes second and subsequent convictions by maximum of five years’ imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Requires gun dealers to post notice concerning obligation to store firearms in safe manner.”

You get more info on that bill and its sponsors and subscribe for updates on the bill here.

You can still use this link to express your opposition to these attacks on your right and on sanity.

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PRO-GUN LEGISLATOR SILENCED

02.21.19

 

House Rep Bill Post has been removed from the House Judiciary Committee. Post is one of the most committed pro-gun legislators in Oregon history. House Speaker Tina Kotek removed Post from the committee (the one that hears gun bills) for the crime of tweeting pro-gun messages on his Twitter account.

The Bloomberg funded anti-rights extremists considered his messages threats from “armed hate groups.” You simply cannot make up something that absurd.

This is a raw abuse of power at at time when the Democrats in the legislature are acting like abusive bullies and trying to make sure their behavior is concealed.

Please take a moment to contact Tina Kotek and express your outrage at these abuses.

Take action here. 

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“Republican” Introduces “Bump-Stock” Ban

02.11.19

House Rep Cheri Helt,  (R. District 54) rated “F” by Oregon Firearms Federation, has demonstrated her predictable ignorance and introduced a “bump-stock” ban.

You can see her proposed legislation here.

Use or transfer of a “bump-stock” will result in a $2000.00 fine.

The bill says : “Bump-fire stock” means a buttstock designed to be attached to a semiautomatic firearm with the effect of increasing the rate of fire achievable by the semiautomatic firearm to that of a fully automatic firearm by using the energy from the recoil of the firearm to generate reciprocating action that facilitates repeated activation of the trigger.”

Whatever you think of bump-stocks, any knowledgable gun owner knows that you can “bump-fire” a rifle with no modifications. And a skilled person can fire, with an unmodified gun, about as quickly as with a bump stock.

So will Helt be fining people for having good reflexes?

This pointless legislation is just one more attack on gun owners and accomplishes nothing but create another avenue for the state to get into your pocket.

It’s tiresome that legislators feel the need to write laws about things they don’t understand just to amp up their political correctness street cred.

Please sent Helt a message that you oppose this pointless waste of time and attempt to deprive law abiding Oregonians of their rights and property.

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The Republican’s Circular Firing Squad

02.09.19

Democrats in the Oregon Legislature are demanding an apology from Republican Senator Dennis Linthicum. What was Linthicum’s transgression?

Dennis issued a statement pointing out that exorbitant taxes on cigarettes in New York contributed to the death of a man on Staten Island who was selling individual cigarettes.

The man, Eric Garner, died while being arrested for selling the cigarettes to people who presumably could not afford to buy whole packs because of New York’s high taxes.

In his original statement, Linthicum said : “Eric Garner’s death shows us exactly how disproportionate and abusive state power can become.”

Linthicum’s statement was clearly a commentary on the unintended, but very real consequences of out of control government actions.

So what was the problem? Well, the man who died while being arrested was black. And so, in the predictable and twisted minds of Oregon’s Democrats, Linthicum’s statement had to be…you guessed it, “racist.”

Never mind that Senator Linthicum was bemoaning Garner’s death and its needlessness.

Democrats, as is so often the case, ignored Linthicum’s obvious points in an attempt to smear him.

Linthicum responded with a follow up release in which he said:

“The attempt to shut down an honest conversation about the disastrous impacts of flawed public policy and abusive power of the state is doing a disservice to Oregonians, especially for the people who are disproportionately harmed by the nexus between the two. I am welcoming a rational conversation about tax policy, and the tragedies like Eric Garner’s needless death because we need to fix a broken system in our state that is hurting underprivileged communities.”

But “rational conversations” no longer have a place in Salem.

Senate Majority Leader Ginny Burdick immediately issued  a news release saying:

“Earlier this week Senator Dennis Linthicum released a statement that outrageously connects the tragic death of a man of color in New York with the existence of a high cigarette tax. When he was called on his callous behavior, Senator Linthicum doubled down, arguing in a second release that his comments should lead to a ‘rational conversation.’ His statements are reprehensible and an insult to  all Oregonians, who deserve better from their elected leaders. Senator Linthicum must apologize now.”

House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson wrote :

“The invocation of Eric Garner’s tragic death for a press release on taxes is completely abhorrent. Unequivocally, Eric Garner did not die because tobacco taxes are too high in New York. He died because law enforcement officials engaged in an act of brutality against a black man and then watched him die on a sidewalk as a direct result of their actions…  This press release is a low point. I think Sen. Linthicum owes everyone an apology and explanation.”

Senator Linthicum is one of the most thoughtful and honest people ever to serve in the Oregon Legislature, so it is no surprise that the Democrats would seize on any opportunity to silence him. That is to be expected.

What is a surprise, and a disappointment, was how quickly “Republican” leaders jumped on the bandwagon.

As soon as Burdick’s mindless attack was made available, a “joint statement” was issued  by Senate Minority Leader Herman Baertschiger, Jr. and Senator Jackie Winters.

Was  it a defense of their colleague and fellow Republican? Was it a request that members of the legislature engage in a thoughtful exchange of ideas?

No. Baertschiger and Winters doubled down on Linthicum and joined in the baseless and politically motivated bashing. Their press release said :

“Senator Linthicum’s recent rhetoric has no place in Oregon politics, and does not reflect the opinions or beliefs of the Oregon Senate Republicans. Using the death of a human being to make a policy statement is offensive and serves no purpose. We are deeply saddened by the death of Mr. Garner, and would like to apologize for any additional pain or suffering this may have caused.”

Republicans in the Oregon House chimed in too.

“We are prepared, because it’s horrific,” said Greg Stiles, a spokesman for the House Republican Office. No purpose is served in relating a cigarette tax request to the tragic death of a man of color,” their official statement reads. “At best, the remarks are unsavory and offensive. Such a comparison is indefensible and has no place in Oregon political discourse.”

(It’s interesting to note that even the deceased man’s widow believed that his death had nothing to do with his race.)

At at time when the Republicans are struggling to have any relevance, when the Democrats have total control over committees and process and are cutting Republicans out of any chance to represent the people who elected them, when they are steam rolling policies that will send this state further into a downward spiral, when they have announced their plans to make the lives of gun owners a legal hell, the Republican “Leadership” is crucifying one of the most committed, pro gun members of their party.

Please consider sending a message to Republican leaders telling them to back off.  Their obsequious pandering to the Democrats is not helping Oregonians retain their rights.

Please use the link below to  let them know you expect them to stand up for people who are actually working to protect those rights. If they won’t, what do you think they will do when the Democrats come for your guns?

Thank you.

 

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Anti-Rights Ballot Measure Filed For 2020

01.31.19

A ballot measure to ban modern firearms and feeding devices, and make thousands of Oregon residents criminals, has been filed with the Oregon Secretary of State.

The measure is a re-introduction of IP 43 from 2018 which we were able to defeat by preventing it from getting on the ballot.

This new assault on self defense, property, and common sense is currently IP 16. You can get details here.

As you may know, the Democrats in the Oregon legislature have numerous bills to essentially achieve the same end. The most extreme is SB 501, but there are others that are just as dangerous. Governor Brown’s HB 2251 defines “assault weapons” as any long gun you can hold with two hands. There are several bills that would require that your guns be locked up and useless. Except, of course, to a thief who could easily defeat the cable locks required. Those locks can  get you killed but do nothing to stop a theft.

These “lock up” bills would even hold you responsible for a gun you did lock up if a thief was able to obtain a “device” to open the lock. Around here, we call that a “wire cutter.”

We will, of course, be doing all we can to torpedo the latest right’s smashing ballot measure. But for now, please take  moment to let the legislature know you will not stand for more attacks from Salem.

You can see all firearms related bills here.

You can use this link to send a message to every member of the Oregon Legislature. You can add to the pre written message if you chose but it is not required,

It’s a full frontal assault. Please take action.

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Portland Public Schools Brainwash Students

01.25.19

As many of you recall, last March 14th, massive anti-Second Amendment demonstrations were held in the Portland Public Schools (PPS), with the Administration claiming that these were organized by students. 

In response to a Public Records Act request, PPS has now released documents showing that the demonstrations were organized by PPS, and involved a massive dedication of school resources.  From the School Board (which passed a resolution calling for a ban on the possession of all semi-automatic weapons) on down to the individual schools (which reprogrammed class bells to create a special protest period, so no one would have to be marked absent from class), the entire Administration organized itself to undermine the core of our Constitutional republic.

A Portland attorney, James Buchal, who is also Chair of the Multnomah County Republican Party, is seeking PPS parents and students who are willing to step forward and serve as plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to enjoin PPS from further political indoctrination at taxpayer expense.  If you are interested, please e-mail him at jbuchal@mbllp.com, and he will respond with an information package detailing the factual basis for the suit and the legal theories he intends to invoke.

 

Mr. Buchal reports that political conditions in PPS are far worse than parents could imagine, and suggests that “unless parents rise to confront these indoctrination factories, America as we know it will be gone in another generation or two”.