03.21.2023
Today’s hearing on gun bills HB 2005, 2006, and 2007 was, not surprisingly, another game of “bait and switch” by Oregon Democrats.
OFF was invited to give testimony at this morning’s “informational hearing” and told we would be part of a three person panel. We would be given a total of 40 minutes for all three to address all three bills.
That worked out to 4.4 minutes for each panelist for each of the three bills.
Then yesterday we were told the panel had been expanded to 10 people and that we would each get a grand total of 4 minutes to address all three bills. A clear absurdity.
On top of that we were informed for the first time after the hearing started, that all three bills would be combined and there would be numerous amendments. At the time this alert is going out, those amendments have still not been made available.
As you can imagine, it’s impossible to testify on language you have not seen, even when you are given a whole 4 minutes to do it.
Perhaps the most entertaining moment in the hearing was when Senator Floyd Prozanski suggested he would “arm wrestle” Senator James Manning for the privilege of carrying these anti-rights bills when they arrived at the Senate side. Given Mannings extreme weight advantage we are eager to bet on that match.
The testimony from the proponents, which included militant anti-rights Attorney General Rosenblum, and Portland’s crime loving DA Mike Schmidt, was so riddled with fabrications and ignorance that 4 hours would not have been enough time to correct it all.
Suffice to say, not only are they delusional, they continue to spread those delusions unchecked.
The bills are scheduled to have a “work session” on March 28th. That will be where the committee plans to consolidate the bills into one single, unconstitutional monstrosity and add the, as of yet, unavailable amendments.
We’ll keep you posted.