Democrat’s Absurd Gun Ban Moves Ahead
06.10.2025
The Democrat’s gun owner entrapment bill, SB 243, which passed in the Senate with the tacit approval of Republicans, is now scheduled for a hearing in the House Rules Committee tomorrow at 2:30 PM in Hearing Room D.
As you know, this bill makes instant criminals out of Oregonians who lawfully obtained and lawfully used certain devices such as forced reset triggers. There is no grandfathering, no legal way to transfer them out of state. And while we would still strongly oppose this nonsense if it did, clearly this is simply an attempt by the Democrats to entrap as many gun owners as possible.
Two Senate Republicans, McLane and Nash, spoke in support of this part of the bill.
SB 243 also vastly expands locations that are off limits to CHL holders. One of promoters of the bill, Senator Broadman, claimed that this bill would reduce suicides. We needn’t discuss the blatant lunacy of that position.
The promoters and supporters of this bill have not provided a single rational example of why this bill is needed and in fact, it serves no purpose except to further marginalize and demonize gun owners who play by the rules. It also sends a clear message to evil doers that they have a far greater choice of places to create mayhem, secure in the knowledge that they will meet no resistance from an armed and trained civilian. As criminal mobs continue to rage and burn across the country, the message this bill sends is truly and seriously demented.
Almost every day we receive canned messages from the Republicans telling us to send in testimony to “overwhelm” the other side. And every day we see another bill that has overwhelming opposition glide into effect because the Republicans are too cowardly to stand up and do the job they want you to do.
As a Democrat anti-gun bill, SB 243 is a virtual sure thing to pass with the Republicans virtually guaranteed to show up and provide quorum. Still, if you want to make your voice heard, to at least add to the record, as the people we elected assist the Democrats, you can upload testimony here:
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Testimony/HRULES/SB/243/2025-06-11-14-30?area=Measures
You can register to testify remotely here: (the link to register is at the bottom right of this page.)
https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB243
(Be advised, it appears that people who register in opposition to gun bills seem to experience higher than normal incidents of “technical difficulties”.)
Of course, if you are willing to be disarmed by the well protected stooges who are in charge, you can testify in person.