03.16.2023
ANTI GUN AVALANCHE
Our previous alert was a mere downpayment on what’s now coming.
Aside from the bad news in that alert, we can now confirm that next Wednesday, March 22, the Oregon House Judiciary Committee will be hearing and preparing to move, three extreme, unconstitutional, and dangerous bills.
HB 2005 bans privately made firearms, which of course, are perfectly legal under current Oregon and Federal law. There are NO grandfather provisions in the bill. If you possess a firearm you legally made, that does not have a serial number engraved by a manufacturer or gunsmith, you will be a criminal, period.
There is no lawful way to add a serial number to any firearm you have already made. While a licensed gunsmith can take possession of a home made firearm to put a serial number on it, the owner of the gun may not lawfully deliver it.
HB 2006 Prohibits 18,19, and 20 year olds from owning any modern firearm. That includes any firearm they lawfully bought and currently own. There are no grandfather provisions. If a person under 21 lawfully owns any modern firearm they will be criminals when this bill goes into effect, period. This is not a ban on future sales or transfers. It is an outright prohibition and government theft of private property.
HB 2007 Creates vast and undefined “off-limits” locations for CHL holders. Any government entity of any kind can not only declare its property off limits to law-abiding gun owners, but extend that to “adjacent” grounds which could mean anything. A city hall could declare a nearby grocery store off limits. A drive through any metropolitan area will make you a criminal countless times over.
All of these bills are scheduled for hearings on March 22nd at 5pm. Earlier that day, at 8am, the committee will hold “informational hearings” on the bills which will only include “invited testimony.” Not you.
You can use this link: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Committees/HJUD/2023-03-22-17-00/Agenda to sign up to testify in person or remotely (in the evening long after the “invited testimony” has wrapped up with no time limits) for all three of these bills.
If you want to upload written testimony you can use the same link. Just click on the bill number, and then above that, in the tool bar at the top of the page, click on “Submit Testimony.”
The chairman of the committee, and the person responsible for pushing these bills, is Democrat Jason Kropf. Kropf alone decides which bills move forward. He has already locked down the votes of the other Democrats on the Committee and almost certainly has promises from all the other House Democrats to vote in favor of these outrageous, unconstitutional, and hateful bills.
You can contact him here: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/kropf
Kropf, and his fellow leftists are determined to steal the property of law abiding Oregonians and render them defenseless while his party does all it can to flood our streets with violent criminals.
Now on to the Senate.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has its own anti-gun bills in the works. These are being pushed by perennial gun hater and far left extremist Floyd Prozanski.
On March 27, at 1pm the Senate Judiciary Committee has anti gun bills scheduled for hearings.
SB 348. While the bill’s summary says “Directs Department of Justice to study ways to address unlawful possession of firearms, and to provide results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly” that’s also almost all the bill says. The problem is the “relating clause.” And THAT, is “relating to firearms.”
Bills that direct any state agency to conduct virtually any study are “placeholder” bills designed to be “gut and stuffed” at the last minute, and this is a prime candidate. They have not yet revealed what they plan to stuff it with, but keep an eye on it. It’s almost certainly coming.
SB 527 “Allows” a gun dealer to refuse to sell to anyone under 21. While we think any dealer who wants to snub lawful gun buyers has the right, and we have the right to shop elsewhere, we think this bill is a gateway to mandating it. And given the House’s intention to ban possession for anyone under 21 it should be watched.
You can sign up to testify for either of these bills, remotely or in person here https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Committees/SJUD/2023-03-27-13-00/Agenda .
As noted above, you can also use that link to submit written testimony by clicking on the bill number and going to “Submit Testimony” at the top of the page.
As always you should contact your own representatives. You can use this link to connect with them:
https://geo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=fd070b56c975456ea2a25f7e3f4289d1