Bad Bill, Now Good Bill, Passes.
03.06.2026
Today, the Oregon House overwhelmingly agreed to the changes made by the Senate to HB 4145 and re-passed the bill.
As amended, the bill now simply moves the implementation date of the clearly unconstitutional MZ 114 to Jan 1, 2028.
The timing of this vote was interesting for several reasons. First, Oregon Republicans were able to reference a brand-new decision out of, of all places, a Washington DC court, which struck down magazine bans. While that decision only applied to the defendant in the case, it was still welcome news because finally a court took notice of some painfully obvious facts that other courts have ignored or dismissed.
Here is a video that explains it. The case itself is available here.
The second reason the timing was interesting was because it appears it was a forgone conclusion. Hours before the vote was taken, militantly anti-gun House Rep Dacia Grayber sent out an email claiming the bill had passed and was on its way to the Governor. She wrote:
“After passing through the House, HB 4145 was amended in the Senate. The new amendment—which now heads to the Governor’s desk after House concurrence—pushes the implementation date of these important gun safety laws to January 1, 2028. Voters will have to wait until then to see the state finally act on the limits they approved almost four years ago…..
I am deeply disappointed and frustrated by this outcome.”
Grayber has been shameless in exploiting her day job as a firefighter to recount, endlessly, the same stories of gunshot victims every time an anti-gun bill comes along. Although she still lists “firefighter” as her “job,” much like the legislators who say they are “doctors,” her legislative and campaign duties leave little time to actually provide any of the medical care she uses to promote her anti-gun agenda. Her legislative website says :
“Every time the alarms go off as I race to my fire engine, I think of all the barriers to what we were told was possible, and then I do my best to smash them. “
We want to thank her for the heads up, as unintentional as it was.
Oddly, the National Rifle Association sent out an email urging its members to oppose the bill. Their email expressed a fear that the bill could be “further amended on the floor.” In Oregon, bills are not amended on the floor. Fortunately, legislators, and we hope, NRA members, disregarded this peculiar advice.
Jason Kropf, who wrote the original and very bad bill, carried the amended bill on the floor looking defeated and promising to come back again next year with more anti-gun bills. And, as is his practice, once again flat out lied. Kropf, in his explanation of the history of Mz 114, said that after a Federal Judge ruled 114 constitutional, there was no further challenge in Federal Court. Our Federal challenge to the law is still very much in the 9th Circuit. And while they are in no hurry to make a ruling that will probably be overturned, once again, Kropf is just plain wrong.
The bill now heads to the Governor, Kotek, who, as you may know, is starting to lose support from her base of far-left activists.
She still has to sign the bill, so it ain’t over till it’s over, and as you know, Kotek has been known to take her sweet time signing things she does not like. But as of right now, things are looking positive for gun owners.
To everyone who made a phone call or sent an email, this victory belongs to you. Thank you for your efforts and activism.
Elections are coming up. Be prepared to ask candidates some hard questions, and congratulations on a job well done.
