Category: OFF Alerts

HOUSE COMMITTEE PASSES GUN BAN BILLS

04.08.2025
As expected, today the House Judiciary Committee passed HB 3075 and HB 3076.

HB 3075, as amended, implements the restrictions of MZ 114 but drastically jacks up the fees.

The Chair of the Committee called the massive increase in fees a “technical fix” and said the bill was needed because we have to have background checks, something we have had for generations.

HB 3076, as amended, creates absurd and draconian new restrictions on gun dealers in an effort to shut down as many firearms businesses as possible. However the new rules also apply to home based FFL’s and will apply at gun shows where the requirements will be impossible to comply with.

Together these bills will make it virtually impossible to purchase firearms in Oregon.

The bills now move to the House Floor where, if the Oregon Republicans show up for the vote, these bills will sail through.  They will then move to the Senate where they will face almost certain passage in committee and also on the floor.

These bills are the most extreme bills Oregon has ever considered and have one purpose, to end lawful firearms transfers in the state.  If the Republicans allow these bills to pass gun rights in Oregon will be close to non existent.  The ball is in their court.

 

Senate Republicans

House Republicans

 

Where Were The Mommies?

 

04.07.2025

Today all gun bills that were scheduled to be heard or in “work sessions” were postponed, many till tomorrow.

But all are very much alive and kicking.

That fact that they were taken off today’s schedule and postponed for a day or two is not really the interesting part.  The interesting part is that the anti-gunners all seemed to know while people coming to testify against them did not.

This has become the standard play book of Prozanski and the other anti-gunners in the legislature.

Republican “leadership” knows this game is being played.  How much longer are they going to allow the people who voted for them to be treated like dirt?

 

 GUN BANS MOVE FORWARD

 

04.03.2025

Wednesday’s Senate floor session began, once again, with a motion by the Republican leader to suspend the rule requiring the reading of entire bills before voting on them. In his words “we’re ready to vote.”

Of course, by doing so he also helped to speed up the Democrat’s agendas to destroy the state. So not only are they staying on the floor and ensuring the passage of bad bills, they are making it happen faster. 

At that session the Senate passed SB 947, James Manning’s inane attempt to rewrite history and eliminate the concept of the citizen’s militia.

During the hearing for this bill Manning made it clear (well at least as far as he can make anything clear) that he had paranoid delusions of gangs of militiamen roaming the state to hunt down and kill minorities. 

(This is not really a surprise since both he and Lew Fredrick recently made speeches on the Senate floor attacking the Trump Administration for removing black people from Arlington Cemetery. Another paranoid delusion that could be debunked in a 30 second online search.)

On the Senate floor however, Manning changed his tune and falsely claimed the bill was about “honoring National Guardsmen.” A blatant lie.

Submitted testimony on this bill was 100% in opposition. An interesting accomplishment, and needless to say no one from any branch of the Military showed up or submitted testimony in support of it.

After Manning’s incoherent floor speech explaining the bill, Senator Mike McLane rose to ask exactly what the point of the bill was.  Manning’s rambling response just left people more confused.  He did however slip up and admit to the real purpose of the bill with an oblique and nonsensical reference to “the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters.”

The bill passed exactly along party lines with every Democrat voting yes and all Republicans voting no.

The bill now moves to the House where the process begins again and once again Manning will show up to lie about its intent.  Manning is the poster child for the wisdom of ending DEI programs.

Today, the House Judiciary Committee heard HB 3884, another bait and switch bill that was “gut and stuffed” minutes before the hearing began and long after most people had submitted testimony.

The new bill pretends to be about suicide prevention by allowing gun dealers to “hold” people’s guns for them if they are feeling suicidal.

Speaking in support was the head of the “Gun Owner’s Caucus of the Democrat Party of Oregon”. As far as we know he is also the only member.

Also in support was the President of the Oregon State Shooting Association.  What neither of them bothered to mention while testifying in support of the bill was that dealers cannot take guns into their possession without entering them into their “bound book” and making them part of their inventory, unless they are briefly in for gun smithing.

That means that if a person does “voluntarily” relinquish their firearm to a gun dealer, when all the other gun bills pass, they cannot get it back without a gun safety class with live fire, a  2 month wait for a permit, three background checks and a 72 hour waiting period. But that assumes there are still any FFL’s left in business which is not likely.

It’s not real helpful when people claiming to represent gun owners are testifying on behalf of the people who want to end gun ownership.

Next Monday there will be an avalanche of gun bills being heard in the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.  These Committees are scheduled to meet at the same time in different rooms just to further impede your ability to participate.

In a recent interview on KPNW, House Republican Leader Christine Drazan blamed the voters for these bills moving forward saying they need to “make their voices heard.” But as noted above, voters made their voices heard when 100% of them opposed SB 947 and it passed with no Democrat voting against it. Furthermore Democrats are using “gut and stuff” tactics to change the bills at the very last minute so the public doesn’t even know what will be in the bills until it’s too late.

The reality is, voters are not being heard and it’s not because they are not speaking. It’s because they are being ignored. An email to Drazan recently received this reply:

Your message

To: Rep Drazan

   Subject: Oregon’s ban on gun sales (HB 3075)

   Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 1:50:59 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

was deleted without being read on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

The voters hired Republican legislators to protect their rights. Their written testimony is being ignored, when they take time off from work and travel long distances to testify in person they are given 2 minutes max if any time at all.

Drazan should not be blaming voters for her failures to stand up to these attacks.

We will keep you informed and keep reminding the Republicans that helping the Democrats pass destructive legislation was not what we hired them to do

OMNIBUS GUN BAN BILL GETS HEARING

 

03.27.2025

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee had a public circus, er… “hearing” on SB 243.

If you attended or watched online, thank you for your sacrifice. You endured more than any decent human should ever face.

If you testified you demonstrated even greater fortitude in the face of almost supernatural stupidity.

The hearing was the usual parade of leftist puppets. Indoctrinated high school geldings reading tales of horror prepared by pronoun challenged teachers. Aging Karens in matching tee shirts who came even though it meant they could not watch “The View,” and elected officials spewing comments so inane you wonder how they found the committee room.

One Democrat House Rep actually testified that public servants across the state were at risk of being gunned down by CHL holders and  the best way to protect them from disgruntled and deadly voters was to…post signs.  If you are scratching your head wondering how someone so mind-numbingly idiotic could be elected, you are not alone.  But it all likelihood she is not that stupid, she is just lying.

As expected the Republicans responded with… strongly worded press releases.  See here too.

Of course there is no indication that they plan to actually do anything about it and will almost certainly provide the quorum the Democrats need to pass these sick and vindictive measures.

Watching so many young people eager to turn over their safety to a state that is at the bottom of every metric, protects violent criminals, and is run by parasitic officials who could only hope to one day rise to the level of mediocrity is truly sad.  But what is worse is knowing the price that will be paid by so many intelligent and responsible young people whose right to learn to hunt and participate in shooting sports will be stomped on by hateful and bigoted Democrats.  And of course the businesses and jobs that will be lost to promote an agenda driven by rage.

The “work session” where this bill will be passed to the Senate floor is scheduled for April 3rd.

Another Bait And Switch.

 

03.26.2025

As we have reported, SB 243 will be getting a public hearing tomorrow at 3pm in Senate Judiciary.

Links with more info and a way to submit testimony can be found here.

The “work session” for this bill is scheduled for April 3rd in the same committee.

And, as we also reported, the bill has always been another “bait and switch” by the Democrats.

The original bill “Requires the Department of State Police to study the efficiency of firearm transfer criminal background check.”

We always knew this was bogus with the real intention of the bill coming at the last minute. To see what the bill will really be please see the amendments:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27451

As you can see the bill includes a long list of restrictions, most of which appear in other anti-gun bills that are also soon to be considered.  Once again the Democrats have played the “gut and stuff” game by introducing legislation that bears no resemblance to their actual intentions and then only revealing the real language at the very last minute to deny the public time to analyze and respond to it.

This kind of game is designed to reduce public input as much as possible.  But there is still time to upload testimony.  The real question is when will the Republicans get tired of watching the people who elected them get treated like serfs and refuse to be part of this circus?

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We Are Running Out Of  Time

 

03.25.2025

Today the absurdly named “Senate Committee On Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs” passed out the amended SB 947.

This bill is the “brain” child of Senator James Manning whose racist delusions have convinced him that Oregon is awash with white militias roaming the countryside gunning down black people.

The first version of Manning’s bill  was gibberish.  Since then someone has amended it into something approaching English. Its only purpose is to rewrite history and scrub the word “militia” from Oregon’s laws.  (Much like Manning’s friends in antifa destroying statues of figures they mistakenly thought were Confederates…like Lincoln.)

This bill now moves on to the Senate floor for approval. Its passage is a near certainty.

As bad as Manning’s barely literate ramblings are, they are nothing compared to what’s coming with the barrage of anti-gun bills due for hearings and work sessions.

These bills have one purpose, to end civilian ownership of firearms and shutter gun dealers.  They come at the same time the Democrats are working to protect sex offenders, force pornography on school districts, destroy family farms, attack property owners, and jack up your taxes.  All while rewarding their friends with your money as the state goes broke.

The current Republican response to these attacks has been to send out ludicrous form emails and newsletters telling people  to “flood the Democrat’s” inboxes.  While we would like to chalk this up to stupidity and the magical thinking of 5 year olds, we cannot. This is cowardice and a cynical attempt at job security.

The Democrats will not be swayed be emails. They are imposing by legislation a ballot measure (Mz114) that only passed by a tiny margin thanks to Oregon’s proven voter fraud.  They are attempting to force on Oregon the very “rank choice voting” the people have rejected.  In short, the Democrats are doing all they can to crush producers and reward parasites because that’s where their money comes from.  And the Republicans are behaving like their doormats.

It’s not complicated.  The Republicans cannot defeat bills. The Republicans cannot advance any bill that the Democrats do not want. If they show up on the floor for a vote, they are voting “yes.”  And while they can tell you they are “fighting” for you and please send money, if they are there they are giving the Democrats the quorum they need to pass these relentless attacks on your freedom, your property, and your children’s future.

If the Democrats are successful your ability to buy a firearm or carry one for self defense without criminal liability will disappear.  Your local gun shop will be out of business and their employees out of work.   The Republicans are acting like the only jobs that matter are their own. And in some cases those jobs pay very, very well.

The clock is ticking. The courts are reaching absurd conclusions that components of guns can be banned.  The only thing standing in the way of this steamroller is the Republicans and their willingness to do more than send out strongly worded letters.

Once again, we need to remind the Republicans what they were hired to do. There is no need to explain why these bills are so dangerous. The Republicans (like the Democrats) know damn well what they do. And any explanation you provide will not be read and at best you will get a form response that does not even address your comments.

A simple message in the subject line of an email to Republican leaders is all that’s needed:  “WALK OUT.”

 

HOUSE Republican Leader Drazan

Senate Republican Leader Bonhan

Thank you for your continued tireless efforts for our rights.

STILL MORE ATTACKS ON THE WAY

 

3.20.2025 Second Alert

The Democrats have now scheduled hearings and work sessions for the rest of their anti-gun bills.

It is not an overstatement to say that these bills will essentially end what may have been left of the Second Amendment.

Because of the sheer volume of their demented attacks, we cannot summarize or dissect all the bills, but most of them will be heard on the same day and you can see all the bad news here:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Committees/SJUD/2025-04-07-15-00/Agenda

This is the schedule for the Senate Judiciary Committee for April 7th. On that day 4 vicious anti-gun bills are up for hearings and work sessions.

SB 429, SB 696, SB 697, and SB 698.

Links to the bills themselves and links to testify are all in the link posted above.

SB 243 is scheduled for March 27th. The link for that bill is here:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB243?pubDate=2025-03-20-18-55

Please note, as of the time this alert was written, that bill is still a “place holder” which will be “gut and stuffed” with language the anti-gun extremists already have but has not been made public.  Our best guess at this time is it will be a “wish list” from the State Police of new restrictions and complications to further impede background checks.  But, as we learned from today’s hearing, the Democrats will probably not allow you to see what the real language will be until the very last minute.

Unlike the hateful bills we have seen so far, these are SENATE bills, not HOUSE bills.  That means that if they are going to be stopped, it will be up to the SENATE Republicans.  The Senate has some members who have made no secret that they will never walk out and protect you because they love their titles too much.  Senator David Brock Smith, for example, always stays on the floor to help the Democrats.  But if you look at what these bills do, you will see things are absolutely critical.

The Senate Republican Leader is Dan Bonham.  Bonham is already prohibited from running for his seat again. The Democrats (and his own former leader) have screwed him as much as they can. They can do nothing more to him.

PLEASE contact Bonham and tell him that what the Democrats are doing is evil, hateful, and insane. The Republicans MUST stand up to this.  The Democrats have been using the Republicans for doormats and the Republicans keep going along with it.  But these are YOUR rights at stake.

We know we have kept you busy contacting Drazan in the House, but we must also let the Senate know that if they allow these bills to move forward, voting “no” will be meaningless posturing.

Please email and call Dan Bonham and insist the Senate Republicans stop the Democrats hateful attacks on you and your family.

https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bonham

Gun Stores On The Chopping Block.

Court Says Magazines Can Be Banned.

 

03.20.2025

Today the House Judiciary Committee heard HB 3076. 

The bill itself is a nothing burger, but the gut and stuff amendment will close most gun businesses.

The language of this amendment was made available to anti-gun hacks and anti-gun media months ago but only made available to the public late yesterday.

You do not have to read it all to see it creates restrictions so onerous that few if any businesses can survive its implementation. And of course, that was always the point.

All the reasoned arguments made against it mean nothing since its proponent’s only goal is to end gun sales and ownership in Oregon. You cannot reason with these people. Period.

Republicans today sent out a press release decrying the passage of a bill that pays people to strike. They complained that it was bad for businesses.  HB 3076 is not “bad for business”. It is a death knell for many.  We know the Democrats are not the least bit concerned about families losing their businesses or employees losing their jobs. That is just an additional benefit for Democrats. The question is, once again, will the Republicans continue to “fight” for us with strongly worded letters and bloviating press releases or will they step up to protect the people who elected them? Are their jobs more important than the countless Oregonians who will become unemployed under 3076?

Please tell Christine Drazan to stop being part of this insanity.

Just to add to the madness, today the 9th Circuit declared that bans on magazines are perfectly ok.

The reasoning in their decision is, on its face, absurd.  But their decision is no surprise. They were just an unavoidable speed bump on the way to the Supreme Court, who we are hoping will stop wasting time and respond to the many lower courts who are openly defying their rulings.

 

ATTACK ON GUN DEALERS REVEALED

03.19.2025

As if crushing gun dealers with HB 3075 was not enough, now the legislature is back with HB 3076.  We told you this place holder was going to be used to restrict and harass dealers.

The amendment is now available and here it is.

Oregon Democrats are drunk out of their minds with unchecked power.  The goal is to punish anyone who still believes in the Second Amendment and to drive gun dealers out of business.

The Republicans have told us for decades they are “pro-business.”  Are they going to permit this vindictive insanity to prevail?

The hearing on this bill is tomorrow, March 20th at 3pm.  All info on the bill and the amendment along with links to register to testify or upload testimony can be found here:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3076.

THE REPUBLICANS CAN STOP THIS

03.18.2025

CONTACT:

House Republican Leader Christine Drazan

Capitol Phone: 503-986-1400.   503.986-1451

Email the House Republican Leader:   Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov

 

 

Yesterday, Oregon’s ban on gun sales (HB 3075) moved forward with a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee.

The next step in the legislature’s efforts to ban firearms will be a “work session” where the proposed amendment will be adopted and the bill will be voted onto the House Floor for certain passage. (That has not been scheduled as of the time this alert went out but it will be soon.)

The obvious goal is to end the sales of firearms in Oregon, or at very least make it so difficult and expensive that only the wealthiest and best connected Oregonians can even consider legally acquiring a firearm.  Clearly no rational person believes that a “right” can be subject to these kinds of restrictions.

(Information on other bills will be addressed later in this alert but first we must address next steps of HB 3075.)

Our lawyers have informed us that if 3075 is enacted, both our state and federal lawsuits become moot. That means there will be no appeals or opportunities to present our case in Oregon’s Supreme Court or in the Ninth Circuit.  It means that the hundreds of thousands of dollars gun rights supporters have spent on legal fights will be meaningless and we will be subjected to hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees we will have to pay the state to crush your rights.

HB 3075 will immediately criminalize the possession of most magazines under most circumstances.

It creates exorbitant fees for the privilege  of asking for permission of the state to ask permission to buy a gun. (The permit required by HB 3075 is NOT permission to buy a gun.)

The bill doubles the time the “permit agent” has to issue or deny a “permit” to 60 days. But that time frame only begins when the “permit agent” “accepts the application” and there is NO requirement that there be any limits on how long the “permit agent” can take to accept the application.

In many counties sheriffs have refused to accept applications for concealed handgun licenses sometimes for months. During covid many refused to accept them at all.

The bill requires classes that contain requirements that are so poorly defined that no one really knows who qualifies to teach the classes placing instructors at great legal risk, and requires live fire that is rarely available and will only be available to a few and at great cost.

Obviously, placing these kinds of obstacles in the way of purchase will destroy many, if not most, gun dealers leaving only the big box corporate giants who can get by on selling sleeping bags and camp soap.

Needless to say the employees of those businesses will be out of work.

The battle now becomes quite simple. HB 3075 can only pass with Republican support. Period, end of story. And not one of them has to vote for it.  All they have to do is show up and provide the quorum the Democrats need to ram this through.

Here is the plain reality. In Oregon right now, Republican Legislators have NO power to do ANYTHING. They can issue press releases and crow about how they are “fighting” for you.  But it’s all nonsense. They don’t have to votes to pass anything, they don’t have the votes to stop anything and they can’t even insist that “informational hearings” be fair instead of the propaganda side shows they are.

The Republicans have one tool to protect this state from the coming madness. Refusing to participate in this charade. That’s it.  If the Republicans are on the floor for this bill or any bill that ends freedom in this state, they will have passed the bill. 

Oregon Republicans who participate will say they have to be there or they will be prevented from running again. But the fact is that only happens if they don’t demand that absences be excused or they won’t come back.  And in reality, if they are more concerned with their political futures than your rights, we don’t need them.   They have no power. They can do nothing good for this state. They can only benefit themselves by being part of this lunacy.

If they are on the floor when this bill is voted for, they will have sent a message to Oregon gun owners that their careers are more important than your rights, your freedom, and your property. It’s that simple.

The bill will soon move to the House Floor. That means that the next line of defense will be the House Republicans, led by Christine Drazan.

Drazan has refused to stand up for your rights in the past and, in fact, has voted over and over to advance the Democrat’s agenda.  The future of this bill is now solidly in her hands. 

No matter what happens in any litigation (should it be allowed to take place) an appeal would buy some time. It’s possible the higher courts might take some positive action. It’s possible that the Trump Administration might intervene in some way.  But even if none of that happens at least gun owners and gun stores get some breathing room to prepare for the worst.  Please contact Drazan and tell her in no uncertain terms that she cannot allow this bill to move forward.

House Republican Leader Christine Drazan

Capitol Phone: 503-986-1400 or 503-986-1451
Email the House Republican Leader:  Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov

Drazan’s Staff.

Other news

Today at 1pm there is a work session for James Manning’s racist SB 947.  The bill now has an amendment which makes it no less stupid and offensive but now appears to be written in English. Which, of course, demonstrates that Manning did not write it.

On Thursday the House Judiciary Committee will hear HB 3076 at 3pm.  As of the time of this alert they had not posted the amendments that are sure to be offered. Currently this bill is a “placeholder” with meaningless language. When amended it will be a collection of new restrictions on gun dealers, or the few who can survive if 3075 passes.  You can use the above link to keep track of that bill.

Please call or email Drazan now.

GUN BAN HEARING MONDAY

03.13.2025

HB 3075, the bill to implement the gun bans in Mz 114 has been scheduled for a hearing on March 17.

The first notice we received has this scheduled for 3 o’clock in the morning but we assume that is the typical legislative incompetence and the hearing will be at 3pm.

This is the link to see the bill, register to testify, and upload written testimony.

We assume this bill will be rammed through to get the restrictions in 114 in place before the Oregon Supreme Court has a chance to rule on it.

This is the big one folks.   HB 3075 will require a class you cannot get, to ask for permit that will cost a lot of money and take months to receive even if you could get the class, and just gives you the opportunity to start the entire process over again when you get to the gun store.

HB 3075 will also make you a criminal for possessing ammo mags over 10 rounds unless you can prove you got them before Dec.2022, which is of course, impossible. And even then, you cannot leave your house with them.

The Democrats are not playing games.  Show up for the hearing (where the deck will be stacked) register to testify (even though they will try to silence you, and upload testimony in opposition.

Once again, here is the link to do all those things.  Your rights are about to be eliminated.  Take action.

(At today’s “informational” hearing which was just a collection of anti-gun hacks, Republican legislators were told they could not ask questions.)

 

The Facts Don’t Matter

03.12.2025

As you no doubt know, the Oregon Appeals Court has ruled Mz 114 “constitutional.”

Given that the Appeals Court is the home of Judge Jim Egan, this is no surprise.

What is a bit of a surprise is the inane and incoherent “reasoning” that went into the decision.

(One of the most interesting quotes in the decision was “The [facial] constitutionality of a law  as enacted is rarely if ever dependent on facts…”)

There is too much babble to dissect it point by point, but a few things stand out.

The court insists that the Oregon Constitution’s “right to bear arms” is only for “self defense”, when it quite clearly says the opposite.

The court simultaneously says that standard capacity magazines are “constitutionally protected arms” but then says it’s constitutional to ban them.

The court did not address the required “classes” needed to get a “permit to purchase” which is not a “permit to purchase” but just a permit to apply to purchase a firearm. As you know, the classes do not exist and are unlikely to in the future.

While the measure requires an FBI background check, the court has said if the FBI doesn’t do one it does not matter.

We have attached the court’s decision if you choose to lower your IQ trying to make sense of it. For now, understand that this rule does NOT take effect immediately.  The court has remanded it back to the lower court so they can reverse their rational ruling and replace it with the gibberish the Appeals Court has dredged out of the bowels of left wing double talk and we have been reliably informed that it will be appealed to Oregon’s Supreme Court, so it may not take effect pending that appeal.

However, keep in mind that HB 3075, which enacts the same restrictions is due to receive action in the Oregon Legislature soon, and that will no doubt take effect as quickly as the legislature can ram it through.

In short, it appears that there is a very real possibility that Oregon will shortly face an end to the legal transfer of firearms and the potential arrest of anyone in possession of a standard capacity magazine.

Act accordingly.

Appeals Court Decision: https://cdm17027.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17027coll5/id/38156/rec/1

 

Donations to help us stand in the way of this lunacy can be made here:

https://oregonfirearms.ejoinme.org/MyPages/DonationPage/tabid/70447/Default.aspx

 

Propaganda Mill Is Cranking Up

03.10.2025

The House and Senate Judiciary Committees have scheduled a joint session on anti-2nd Amendment propaganda for March 13th at 3pm.

As of right now they have posted it as an “informational” hearing with “invited testimony only.”

That means that only their handpicked, anti-gun shills will be allowed to speak.

As you can see by the schedule, the Legislature is in full disinformation mode.

Rest assured this is just the warm up to the efforts to end the legal ownership of firearms in Oregon.

One need only look at HB 3075, which is Mz 114 on performance enhancing drugs, to understand what is coming down the pike.  Look for that bill to rear its ugly little head soon.

Much like Manning’s militia gibberish and Evan’s hateful attack on eastern Oregon, these bill are all about stripping Oregonians of their rights, freedom, and property.

At the time of this alert, the legislature had not posted any meeting materials and it’s likely that things are going to change by the time the “hearing” happens.  Keep this link handy.  As we get closer to the date of this sham, a symbol of a video camera will appear next to the date of the hearing (3.13.2025) which will be a link to watch the propaganda mill in process.

The anti-gun storm is coming. The Democrats have the votes to do anything they want. The governor has promised to sign every anti-gun bill that comes her way and the media is acting like the public relations firm for the left.  There is only one thing that can stop this assault…  Republicans standing up. Will they? If they don’t there will never be another reason to vote for them.

Is There A Light At The End Of That Tunnel?

 

02.25.2025

Today was the deadline for the introduction of bills in the Oregon Legislature.

Among the new ones was HB 3742.

This bill would allow members of the legislature and their staffers to carry firearms in the Capitol.

As you know, the Oregon Legislature banned Oregonians with concealed handgun licenses from being on Capitol property armed, in spite of the fact that there had never been a single incident of a CHL holder causing a problem there. Now some legislators want to carve out an exception for themselves and their staffs.

We adamantly oppose this attempt to, once again, elevate the members of the legislature over the people they work for.  It’s an outrageous insult to the citizens of this state that they will continue to be denied their rights while dangerous extremists like Evans and Manning and their far left staffers are allowed to be armed.

All Democrat legislators (and some Republicans) have demonstrated hateful contempt for Oregon’s gun owners and this bill would reward them.

Oddly, among the Republican sponsors, the bill has a Democrat co-sponsor, Farrah Chaichi.

Chaichi is a member of the Communist Democrat Socialists of America and a regular supporter of bills to attack your gun rights.  Like Evans and Manning, she is one of the last people we want carrying a gun. Especially in a place where you cannot.

Now onto some good news. And there is plenty.

While the Democrats in Oregon continue their histrionic melt down over Trump’s exposing of the deep state grift,* changes being made by the Trump Administration are giving gun owners the best chance they have had for reform in generations.

The successful appointment of Kash Patel to run the FBI was only a down payment on the unprecedented changes coming to Federal law enforcement, organizations that have been turned into criminal operations by previous administrations.

When Patel was also chosen to oversee the ATF, one of the most dangerous and unaccountable collection of thugs in US history, gun owners were finally able to see a light at the end of the gun ban tunnel.  But the news got even better when we learned that Dan Bongino would become the Deputy Director of the FBI.

Predictably, deep state FBI staffers were horrified. And that is, to say the least, heart warming.

Of course, Oregon’s Second Amendment hating Attorney General has vowed to stand in the way of much needed reforms, but Dan Rayfield is about to find out that grandstanding blowhards are no match for what is coming from Washington.

While the Oregon Legislature will continue to use every resource to block progress, hijack your tax dollars, and eliminate your freedom, there is now reason to be hopeful that their corruption and grifting cannot go on forever.

(It may even be time to take advantage of deals like this one.)

Make no mistake, the sheer magnitude of the changes taking place in this country are unlike anything we have ever seen. This will not be easy, the left will ratchet up the lawfare and the street violence, the new administration will make mistakes, and the road ahead will be rocky.  But for the first time in a long time there is hope for positive reforms.

There are plenty of anti-gun bills waiting to be heard and enacted in Oregon.  We expect no significant opposition  from the Republican establishment. We will need to be prepared to watch and resist.

Stay tuned and we will keep you informed.

*(In an email dated Feb 24th, far left House Rep Paul Evans once again wrote of his outrage that the new administration is ferreting out billions in waste.  He says that Trump’s exposing of the outrageous theft of your tax dollars is harming the “morale” of the legislature. He then goes on to call for more spending for the kinds of programs that squander millions while Oregon’s roads continue to fall apart, its homeless population explodes, an its education system hits rock bottom. )