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Republicans Provide Quorum

06.25.2025

Today after a very long day of delays, virtue signaling, and technical glitches SB 243 was passed in the Oregon House. The ignorance demonstrated by the people who spoke in favor of the bill was staggering. Representative Kropf is unaware that Oregon has mandatory background checks. He again falsely (and tearfully) claimed you cannot possess a machine gun or a short barrel rifle. Representative Dobson thinks Congress banned bump stocks.

HB 3076 was returned to the Judiciary Committee effectively killing it for this session.

3076 would have crushed Oregon gun dealers. We are pleased that it has died the death it deserves. However, once again, Oregon Republicans provided the quorum needed to pass SB 243, a very dangerous and vindictive anti-rights bill.

SB 243 will make criminals out of thousands of good, law abiding Oregonians who legally possess certain firearms accessories considered to be “rapid fire actuators”. SB 243 will also strip concealed handgun license holders of the ability to protect themselves and others in countless public buildings.

The legislators who passed this hateful attack are protected every day by well armed security at all times. Virtually none of the places where CHL holders will now be prohibited are protected. There is nothing in the bill that will require that these places be protected and in fact almost none will have the resources to provide the level of security the legislators enjoy. Those locations will now advertise that anyone planning violence knows they will meet no opposition. This is a disgrace.

This bill has already passed the Senate and will need to return there for concurrence. If the Republicans in the Senate provide quorum at that time, this bill will become law and Oregonians will be far less safe and far more in danger of becoming criminals.

The Republicans who provided quorum to pass SB 243 are:

None of these representatives risked anything by refusing to be there. Please remember them.