Screwed Again

09.29.2025

Today, the Oregon Legislature passed a massive new tax bill that was opposed by the overwhelming majority of Oregonians.

As expected, the long-delayed floor session began with a litany of Democrat floor speeches declaring that Portland was safe and peaceful and that there was no need for federal intervention—the Portland police had it handled.

Apparently, Oregon Democrats do not view the endless videos on X of Portland police retreating in the face of aggressive and violent protesters.

The Democrats rolled out their stories of ODOT employees who would lose their jobs if Oregonians did not fork over more money in gas taxes and fees to a government agency that squanders—and cannot account for—millions of tax dollars.

They shared horror stories of the men and women who fill potholes and operate snowplows in the worst conditions being laid off due to lack of funds.

In a press release today, the Oregon Democrats said: “These workers are responsible for snowplowing highways, maintaining bridges, filling potholes, painting pavement markings and fog lines, clearing vehicle collisions, making roads passable after wildfires, and generally keeping the state’s roads and bridges safe.”

And they were probably right. Those workers would likely lose their jobs. But you can rest assured that the people who run DEI programs and create social media posts were safe.

The Republicans reminded us that there were other ways to fund ODOT and that Oregonians were strongly opposed to this latest raid on their shrinking paychecks.

Although the Democrats delayed this vote repeatedly so one of their members could be released from the hospital and wheeled onto the floor for the vote, the Republicans dutifully showed up to grease the skids for this massive tax hike.

The floor speeches were all theater. Every single Republican Senator was present except Cedric Hayden, who was excused. Every one of them knew the bill would pass.

The speeches were a “tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Yet, even though the Democrats delayed this vote repeatedly to ensure they had the votes they needed, the Republicans arrived with their tails between their legs, ready to do the bidding of their overlords and stick it to Oregonians again.

You might ask, what does this have to do with gun rights? Well, if one were to look at the testimony provided by Oregonians for all the gun bills the Oregon Legislature has been passing, you would see that the vast majority of them also opposed new attacks on our rights. And while our “representatives” keep encouraging us to do their jobs and “make our voices heard,” it’s inescapable that our voices have meant nothing. Now, the rest of the state is learning what gun owners already know.

The Democrats’ only concern is their donor base, and the Republicans’ only concern is keeping their offices and titles. They’re willing to watch all Oregonians crushed by the steady erosion of their rights, the theft of their property, and the endless demands that they pay for the incompetence and greed of state agencies.

With virtually no exceptions, Oregonians have, for all intents and purposes, no representation in Salem. They just have mouthpieces who promise to “fight for your rights” if only you will “chip in” for the fundraising goal du jour.

Gun owners, and now all Oregonians, continue to be victims of a class of people with an insatiable lust for power or an incurable lack of spine. They must be returned to private life.

The Oregon Republican Party is a lumbering, dysfunctional blob determined to lose, run by the weak and self-serving. Those who are doing their best to achieve anything within it are attacked and silenced.

The Oregon Republican Caucus is little more than professional back-scratchers determined to keep their powerless seats, the needs of their constituents be damned.

In the coming election, our Political Action Committee will focus on finding new and courageous blood to challenge the fat and happy establishment. We will be looking for and supporting people of principle and backbone, unafraid to stand up to the self-serving establishment.  Rest assured, not a penny will go to the grifters who keep selling us out.

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The Latest Attack On You Is Now In Effect

 

09.27.2025

SB 243 is now in effect.

The bill bans specialty accessories like “binary” and “forced reset” triggers and bump stocks.

It also allows any government entity to place its property off-limits to concealed handgun license holders.

The ban on triggers contains no grandfather clause and no legal way to dispose of these once-legally-owned devices. It provides no compensation for the taking of this property.

During the debates on this bill, not a single Republican bothered to point out that this is clearly a “taking” under the U.S. Constitution.

If you own one of these devices, which you purchased legally and committed no crime with, you are now a criminal.

If you are a concealed handgun license (CHL) holder, you are now a second-class citizen because you chose to play by the rules.

Make no mistake, this law had one purpose: to attack and belittle law-abiding gun owners. We expect no less from a legislature controlled by Democrats.

(To the best of our knowledge, not a single Oregon Democrat issued a statement condemning the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk. If you know of any, let us know, and we will update this page.)

But, while the law was crafted by Oregon Democrats, it was Oregon Republicans who passed it.

Let’s be real. As long as Oregon Republicans show up to “work,” they cannot stop a single bill. They cannot pass anything the Democrats oppose. Republicans who provide quorum are there to ensure that whatever the Democrats want, the Democrats get, and to keep their offices—offices that serve exactly zero purpose except as a forum for floor speeches and email campaigns asking for donations so they can “fight for you.”

Not a day goes by that we don’t receive a fundraiser from Republican legislators asking us to “chip in.” Usually, these messages are comically (and badly) disguised as “surveys” or “petitions,” but they always lead to fundraising links on WinRed.

The Oregon Firearms Federation has been attacked by Republicans who claim our efforts should be directed at Democrats. They have claimed that Democrats are not hearing from the voters. This is absurd. We are often copied on emails sent to Democrats. Like you, we have seen the thousands of written testimonies uploaded on anti-gun bills. But the facts are clear, no matter how much the Republicans choose to ignore them: there is exactly zero point in communicating with Democrats who are showing, even now, that the will of the people means nothing.

As you know, the Democrats have been dragging out the “emergency” session, waiting for one missing Democrat to return from medical leave in order to pass a massive and unnecessary tax hike. This despite staggering and overwhelming opposition from Oregonians—Oregonians who have made it clear they don’t want to foot the bill for an agency that is totally unaccountable for the money it squanders. The Democrats have made it clear that they will move ahead with this bill, and the people be damned. All that matters is keeping their main donors happy.

Republicans want you to direct your emails and calls to the Democrats just so you will leave them alone, not because they have any illusions that it matters. And if they do believe that, they are truly living in an alternate universe.

Republican Senator Daniel Bonham is resigning, apparently to take a job in the Trump administration. Bonham can’t run for his current seat again because he is prohibited as a result of a walkout, but obviously, that could turn out to be a net gain for him. Bonham had been the Senate Republican leader, and now Bonham has all but anointed current Republican House Leader Christine Drazan as his replacement, even though this is not his decision to make. Drazan’s “leadership” in the House has been a catastrophic failure. If she does get his Senate seat, we can only hope the damage she does will be limited by what could be a very short tenure, as she has signaled that she wants another shot at the governor’s mansion. Meanwhile, the role of Senate Republican “leader” has gone to Senator Bruce Starr. We can say with certainty this will not be an improvement.

Republicans have created a virtual machine to remind us that Oregon is failing in every metric. People and businesses are leaving. Homelessness and crime are getting worse. The cost of living is crushing those who can least afford it. But the Republicans keep playing the game like it’s business as usual.

Meanwhile, Oregonians, and gun owners in particular, are getting hammered. The reality is that the ruling regime in Oregon is doing all it can to destroy law-abiding gun owners.

These fights are not “business as usual.” We are talking about good people—many of whom no doubt voted Republicans into office—going to prison.

This is not a disagreement about where the next firehouse will be situated or how many tents to hand out in Portland. These are fights over the literal freedom of people who have obeyed the law, only to have the rug pulled out from under them despite doing everything right—despite taking the time to make their feelings known to their “representatives,” only to be ignored.

Elections are coming. Oregon is becoming a state with two kinds of inhabitants: people who want to leave and homeless drug addicts. The streets are not safe. Oregon’s largest city is being “run” by incompetent, childlike buffoons.

Republican consultants, who are also on the government payroll, spread hate and lies about good Republican candidates. Republican legislators endorse far-left Democrat candidates.

The Republican Party, as inconsequential as it is, has an official policy that the principles and policies of their candidates do not matter as long as they call themselves Republicans. We have seen the fruits of that ridiculous policy.

Oregon gun owners are no longer just facing attacks on their rights. They are facing prison time. Meanwhile, most Republicans continue to enable the far left to accomplish their disgraceful goals.

Oregon is no longer “at a crossroads.” We are past any chance of picking the right road. We clearly need to make a quick U-turn and head back if there is any hope of Oregon ever becoming livable again.

This coming election, Oregon has what could be its last chance to elect strong candidates who care more about freedom and individual rights than they do about their titles and offices. We need more heroes like Dwayne Yunker, who is willing to speak the truth no matter what abuse he faces. (And he faces a lot.)

Unless you, like so many others, are packing a moving truck, please be prepared to demand principled candidates—people with courage and a love for a once-great state. Be prepared to demand answers to hard questions.

The current power brokers are against us. The courts are against us. The spineless “opposition” party has proven worthless. It may well be now or never.

Charlie Kirk 

Rest In Peace

Like civilized people around the world, we are still reeling from the news of the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk.

Anyone who knew anything about him knew he was a gifted, articulate, and passionate defender of the most honorable principles and values.  His tools were discussion and common sense. He created a movement of young patriots that had no equal in a time and place where most young people were subjected to nothing but the most degenerate brain washing.

No doubt, it was these gifts that made him a target of the left that only wishes to silence those who can defend their positions with facts, wit, and grace. Something the left simply cannot do.

Any doubts about the unbridled evil that American liberals have become should now be put to rest.

Charlie created a movement. He helped develop an army of young patriots. The evil monster behind this, and the sick animals who rejoiced in his crime have miscalculated. 

Charlie may be gone but his spirit and his army are just getting started. 

The “Special” Session

 

08.25.2025

Today, in preparation for the “special session,” scheduled to begin on Friday, the legislature is holding a public hearing on LC 2, the massive transportation tax increase.

The “special session” is likely to take several days since the Republicans (at least for now) have not agreed to grease the skids to speed the bill through by suspending the normal rules.

They have, however, agreed to show up and provide the quorum the Democrats need to pass whatever they want.  While anything can happen, at least one Republican, Cyrus Javadi, has signaled his willingness to vote with the Democrats. Javadi recently, and comically, commented that he is quite confident that the millions and millions of dollars these new taxes will generate will be “spent wisely”. Which, of course, will be a first for the Oregon Department of Transportation.

While the tax and fee hike that Kotek is hoping to pass is not a firearms issue, this whole event is instructive for all of us.  Now all Oregonians will be getting a taste of what the legislature dishes out to gun owners year after year.

Even the controlled left wing cartel media recognizes that this bill is primarily a way for Kotek to protect her donor base and is not about keeping our roads safe. The point being that, once again, as they do with gun bills every session, the legislature will be trying to pass bills that were never crafted for the benefit of the people, only the politicians and their donors.

For the last few weeks leading up to this session, we have received countless blast emails from Republican legislators urging people to make their voices heard in opposition to this latest rip off.

Many even provided a link for people to submit written testimony. (Of course virtually all of Jeff Helfrich’s messages link you directly to his fundraising page.)

And the people have responded.  As of the time this alert was written almost 2000 Oregonians took the time to send in testimony. (You can upload testimony here.)

Oddly, while the page that displays all the uploaded public testimony normally lists the position of each person who submitted, making it quite easy to see the ratio of “for” and “against”, as of the time of this alert, that column listed all positions as “NA”.  In our cursory sampling we could not find any testimony in support.

 

 

Republicans legislators have complained in the past that gun owners were not emailing Democrats. But if you have been watching the submitted testimony of gun owners for the last few years you know that they have been very responsive and very vocal and very opposed to the endless attacks on their rights.  And yet over and over the Republicans have rolled over for the bulldozer of destructive legislation rammed down our throats by the Democrats and Republicans like Mannix and Javadi.  And while they complain endlessly about being in the minority and send out hollow and meaningless promises to “fight” for you they just keep showing up guaranteeing that the Democrats will get whatever they want.

So now the rest of the population is getting to see what it’s like to be ignored by the people who are supposed to work for you and in fact work for themselves and their donors.

In courts across the country, judges keep reaching contradictory conclusions about what the clear and unambiguous language of the Second Amendment means. And while we have had some unexpected victories in California , other courts are reaching decisions that turn the Supreme Court’s rulings, and common sense, on its head.

Oregon courts have proven to be no different and while we are still awaiting the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of Ballot Measure 114, the ban on firearms sales and magazine possession, their history and make-up do not bode well.

This means, that like every other Oregonian, gun owners must look to their elected reps to stand in the way of the endless and insidious attacks from the left.

So far, almost no legislators have shown the willingness to do that. And one who did was attacked immediately.

The Republican caucus and the Republican Party are in serious need of new directions and leadership.  Elections are coming up.  There will be the usual suspects asking for your vote.  Be prepared to ask some hard questions and demand real answers.

 

 

The 2025 Regular Session Is Over.

07.07.2025

Unlike many Republicans, we are not taking a victory lap.

In spite of the dump of press releases from Republican legislators, Oregon’s law abiding gun owners, once again, got screwed while criminals and crazy people got a big boost.

Not every evil and vindictive anti-rights bill passed, but only getting screwed half as much as promised is not a victory, no matter what they tell you.

SB 243 passed. And it is a terrible, outrageous, hateful bill designed to do nothing but hurt the people who (maybe foolishly) play by the rules. 

And it could have been stopped.

So let’s summarize what this insane attack does.

First it outlaws an entire category of firearm’s accessories the legislators have called “rapid fire activators.” These include perfectly legal devices like forced reset triggers but also include items that have always been illegal, like “Glock switches.”

Unlike other attacks on your rights and your property, 243 not only makes your possessions illegal, it provides no compensation for taking them from you and no option to lawfully dispose of them.  Had they included these options we would still be forcefully opposed to this mean spirited nonsense but without them it’s clear their intentions are just straight up evil.

If you bought one of these items you will become a criminal (possibly a felon) the minute the law goes into effect. That would be Sept 26th. There is no legal option to transfer these even to a person in a free state. If you own it you can go to prison.

The constant repeated mantra of the sick people pushing this insanity was that these devices are only used to commit mass murders. House Rep, and militant gun hater, (except for himself) Paul Evans, repeatedly said “Anyone who needs one of these shouldn’t have one.”  You could say Evans misses the point. But that would be giving him too much credit.

No one “needs” one of these devices.  But thousands of people legally bought and used them lawfully, because they wanted to.  And because in America you should be allowed to do things that hurt no one and are legal because you want to without having to explain yourself to fatuous hypocrites like Evans.

Democrat Senators Broadman and Prozanski pounded the “mass murder” drum endlessly but for some reason,  while constantly regurgitating that line of nonsense, could not provide a single example of a law abiding Oregonian suddenly and inexplicably gunning people down with a binary trigger.

All we heard over and over and over, like the loop of annoying music on an ice cream truck, was that they were used in the Las Vegas shooting.  And frankly even that is doubtful given the astonishing amount of unanswered questions about that event which have now been flushed down the memory hole like former the January 6th bomber mystery.

Oddly, and perhaps comically, far left Democrat Senator Lew Fredricks, from north Portland, may have spoken the quiet part out loud when he noted that he does not get concerned about a person with a rifle in Burns. (Because he thinks they are going “bird” hunting.) But when a person in HIS neighborhood has a rifle he assumes they hunting people.  While Fredrick correctly addressed the problem, he still supported attacking the rights of people who are not the problem… or from his neighborhood.

But don’t assume that the Democrats who pushed this latest act of hatred and outright theft are alone in their willingness to screw you over.  Republican Senators repeatedly noted that they too wanted to make criminals out of law abiding Oregon gun owners if only that part of the bill was on the floor by itself.

Of course, there is more.  SB 243 also tells all the people who jumped through expensive hoops to obey the law and get a concealed handgun license (which is not even needed in most states) that they are chumps. Because while they may have demonstrated that they are safe, law abiding, and willing to play by the rules, they are going to be treated like trash. One more time.

Now, any tiny agency, board, or rabble of state bureaucrats can ban armed CHL holders from their meetings. Why? Well because a collection of neurotic women in tee shirts and Democrat nanny staters said so.  Throughout the debate on this bill, none of these charlatans could provide a single example of a CHL holder shooting up a cemetery board meeting. But darn it, those men with guns make us uncomfortable. So our lapdogs in the legislature are going to strip their rights away.

The sheer lunacy of this move would be obvious to a 5 year old.  There is no provision in the bill to provide any security to any agency that bans gun owners. There is no provision to provide metal detectors or swarms of armed cops like the clowns in Salem have around the clock. What this moronic bill does is advertise that a location is defenseless so if you do happen to be insane or a member in good standing of your local thug antifa chapter you know you can walk right in and wreak havoc.

Stupid?  Yes.  Counterproductive?  You bet.  But that’s the way we roll in Oregon.

And while it would be tempting to blame all this on carnival barkers like Broadman and Prozanski and Grayber (who believes we need to ban bump stocks and CHL holders from public meetings because .. well suicide) keep in mind that this latest attack would not have been possible without the active participation of the Oregon Republicans. 

We told you which House Republicans showed up to be the doormats for the Democrats and pass 243 here.  When the bill then passed through the Senate every single Republican Senator except Kim Thatcher showed up to help pass it! And remember, in both the House and Senate, the Republicans who helped pass this dreadful assault on you, your family, your property and maybe even your freedom risked NOTHING by walking out. And yet, there they were once again, giving speeches, expressing their outrage and then folding up like a 4 dollar hide-a-bed. It’s disgraceful.

We repeatedly heard from legislators defending their refusal to stop these bills by saying “well they’ll just be back next year.”  Yes they will, and guess what Mensa candidates?  They’ll be back next year even though you declared surrender. We know because they told us. House Rep Jason Kropf, who regularly promoted his anti-gun crap by outright lying about Oregon law told us through tear filled eyes that these attacks are not about to end.  And still the Republicans roll over for the whipping and then send out press releases claiming victory.

Time after time we hear Republicans complain about anti-rights legislation saying “Its unconstitutional !  There will be lawsuits!”  But they never file any and they never pay for any. That, it seems, is your job.  But it’s not.  It’s their job!

We hired them to defend our rights not to back down over and over so they can brag about the new fire hydrant they scored for their district.  Not so they could vote over and over to advance the Democrat’s twisted agenda.  Not so they could make motions every single day to speed up the process of crushing the state by advancing bad bills without reading them.

The Oregon Republican Caucus celebrates failure as long as they can claim goodies handed out in exchange for their passivity.

The Oregon Republican Party rewards legislators who cave and protects candidates who will cave, as long as they’re “Republicans.”

It is the official policy of the Oregon Republican Party to elect anyone, no matter how willing they are to side with the Democrats, as long as they say they are “Republicans.”   This twisted philosophy keeps bringing us legislators like Charlie Conrad, Kevin Mannix, and Cyrus Javadi. 

These attacks will continue. Your rights will continue to disappear session after session.  This progression cannot be solved by an endless series of lawsuits costing an incalculable amount of money that will be decided by judges who were appointed by anti-gun governors.  That is simply unsustainable.

We must hold accountable the people who sold us out.  We must create a sea change in the way the Oregon Republican Party conducts business.

Much of the rest of the country is moving in a positive direction for gun owners.  Oregon is going backwards at high speed.

As unpopular as our message is with the establishment we will continue to point out who took your campaign donations and your vote and then kicked you to the curb for a few dollars in state handouts.  (By “state handouts” of course we mean your money.)

Recent sessions have not been good for Oregon gun owners who are not criminals. Many of you did all you could to try to hold the Republican’s feet to the fire. You held up your end. Now we must make the people we hired hold up theirs.

A lot of good people are looking to move elsewhere.  For those who choose to stay we’ll keep spreading the truth.  We are deeply grateful for all the support you have shown us through these fights.

If you wish to contribute to our continued efforts you can do so here:

https://oregonfirearms.ejoinme.org/MyPages/DonationPage/tabid/70447/Default.aspx

Senate Republicans Pass One More Gun Ban

06.27.2025

 

Every single Republican Senator except Kim Thatcher came to the Senate Floor to provide quorum for the Democrat’s latest deranged attack on gun owners.

SB 243, in addition to making criminals out of thousands of law abiding Oregonians the minute it takes effect, will eliminate the rights of any Oregonian who applied for and received a concealed handgun license.  This is one more disgraceful insult to those who naively thought that they should play by the rules. Oregon Republicans just told them they are chumps.

But more, it sends a clear signal to the violent criminals that are rewarded every day in Oregon by letting them know that in a vast, and as of yet undetermined, number of places, they will meet no armed resistance when they choose to hurt and kill.

This kind of measure is simple insanity.  As Oregon becomes the epicenter for far left violence we have once again tightened the noose around those who could confront it. And rest assured it is not over.

Democrat House Rep Jason Kropf, who lies about Oregon gun law on a nearly daily basis, has promised that a lot more is coming.

Strangely, Republicans use those threats to roll over and play dead when they could have stopped this madness at no cost to themselves.

This is one more humiliating defeat for Oregon Republicans who simply refuse to use the power they have to defend your rights. All this in the hopes of getting a few crumbs from their Democrat masters to play show and tell back in their districts at election time.

To everyone who called and emailed, we thank you. You did what you could. You are not responsible for the greed and cowardice of the people you hired to stand up for you.

 

GUN BAN PASSES HOUSE 

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:

Rick Lewis

Kevin Mannix

Bobby Levy

Mark Owens

Jeff Helfrich

Boomer Wright

Greg Smith

Shelly Boshart Davis

Vikki Breese Iverson

Emily Mcintire

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

Update. The same people who sold you out are claiming victory!

But the real winners are the pro-crime, anti-self defense leftists.

But the Republicans keep taking victory laps even though gun owners were screwed for no reason.

Gun Bill Moved Back One Day

 

06.24.2025

Today, the House Republicans once again provided quorum on the House floor.

The Reps who “boycotted” yesterday to protest rude treatment of one of their members were back.

All but one House Rep in the “boycott” got an excused absence.

SB 243, which was on the schedule for today was moved to tomorrow when HB 3076 is also scheduled to be voted on.

While we are happy for any delay in the process of enacting the left’s agenda, if there is a quorum present when these bills are voted on there is almost no reason to doubt they will pass.

With countless bad bills already passed and billions in taxes still on the table, more and more Oregonians of all interests are calling for the Republicans  to deny quorum.

Now is not the time to let up.

Please call the Republican “leaders” and tell them to do whatever they have to to kill these bills.

Representative Christine Drazan 503.986.1451

Senator Dan Bonham.   503.986.1726

DOWN TO THE WIRE

06.23.2025

We are down to the wire.

While 12 House Republicans were excused from the session today, the following Republican House Reps showed up to provide quorum. (Rep. Harbick was absent but not “excused.)

Breese-Iverson

Elmer

Helfrich

Javadi

Levy

Lewis

Mannix

McIntire

Owens

Reschke

G. Smith

The Republicans who were excused claim that they boycotted the session over the treatment of one of their members in committee.

In addition to showing up and providing quorum to advance the Democrat’s agenda, Republican reps made repeated motions to suspend the rules that require reading the entire bill before voting.  This constant effort on the part of Republicans to speed things up for the Democrats is greatly increasing the chance of passage of the two pending anti-gun bills.

SB 243 is now scheduled for a vote on the House floor tomorrow.

HB 3076 is now scheduled for a vote on the House floor on Wednesday.

We thank every one of you who contacted Republican Leadership.

Rep Christine Drazan 503.986.1451

Sen. Dan Bonham 503 986.1726

Every Republican who shows up from now on is voting to end your gun rights.

It is the official policy of the Oregon Republican Party to protect Republicans who vote against your rights.  This has got to stop.

Criminal Protection Bill Moving Tomorrow

 

06.19.2025

SB 243, the criminal protection bill that also makes possession of many firearms accessories a crime is having a “work session” tomorrow at 8.30 am in the Joint Subcommittee On Capital Construction.

The bill will then move right over to the full committee to be passed at 4pm. This means the bill will be on the floor very soon. For more info click here.

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!!

HB 3076, the bill to force gun stores to close, is now scheduled for a final work session in the full Ways and Means Committee along with SB 243 tomorrow at 4pm.

Clearly the Democrats plan to race these bills through as quickly as possible. Expect to see these bills moved to the floor very soon. If the bills are not on the floor by tomorrow in both Houses, the Republicans can walk away from this circus without fear of being denied the right to run again. If Republicans show up any day after tomorrow THEY PASSED THESE BILLS. Period

 

GUN STORE SHUT DOWN MOVES AHEAD

06.18.2025
Today HB 3076, the gun store shut down bill , passed out of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Capitol Construction and on to the full Ways and Means Committee.

The lawyer who drafted it was at the work session and admitted she could not answer simple questions about the content of the bill.

Amendments were adopted to appropriate millions of your tax dollars to enforce the new restrictions on gun dealers.  (Millions of dollars buys a lot of tents for the fentanyl community.). However, no one knows what all of those restrictions will be. 

While the bill has new requirements for “training”, background checks, and mandatory video surveillance (with years of retentions of the videos), it leaves to the Department of Justice the role of creating those rules.

It also tasks the Department of Justice with “on-site inspections, in accordance with this section, of each state license holder’s place of business to ensure that the licensee is complying with the requirements to hold a state license..”

Also:

“The department may conduct reasonable periodic unannounced inspections of a retailer licensee’s place of business during the retailer licensee’s regular business hours.”

The Department of Justice also gets to; “adopt rules for the secure storage of firearms and ammunition by retailer licensees and other licensees in a manner that prevents unauthorized access.”

We need not point out the Department of “Justice” is a collection of “lawyers” not security experts. Nor do we need to point out the  Department of “Justice” is run by an extreme left wing anti-gunner who has spent millions of dollars of your taxes to enact a ban on firearms components and a permitting scheme that will all but eliminate legal gun transfers in Oregon. 

But if you have any concerns about how draconian and convoluted these new rules will be, don’t you worry. Democrat House Rep Jason Kropf, who displays his mind numbing ignorance of Oregon law on a daily basis, assured us they he knew of gun stores that “will have no problems with these regulations.”  He did mention that some would have problems but they were likely breaking the law anyway. 

Republican Senator Fred Girod said he believed the point of the bill was to make guns more expensive. We disagree. The bill is clearly designed to make guns unavailable.

Republican Senator Mike McLane, while opposing the bill did include in his remarks “When this bill passes…”

Whether that was a tacit admission that Senate Republicans have no intention of denying quorum and thus helping pass this bill  remains to be seen. But it did not sound good. In a few days Oregon Republicans will face no penalties for walking out and protecting your rights and the many businesses this bill is designed to destroy.  Today the Oregon House  passed this resolution.  We strongly encourage them to continue spending as much time as possible on bills like these as the clock keeps ticking.

Gun Store Shutdown Bill Back

 

06.17.2025

HB 3076, a bill designed to close Oregon gun stores, is back and moving.

The bill which imposes extreme, onerous, and punitive restrictions on Oregon’s FFL’s is now scheduled for a work session in the “Joint Committee On Ways and Means Subcommittee On Capital Construction”.

The work session is scheduled for tomorrow at 8.30 am.

In addition to the enormous fees it forces on all gun dealers and federal firearms license holders, the bill creates an impossible-to-comply-with list of conditions and restrictions that will close most if not all gun dealers in the state.

This bill creates Mexico style restrictive conditions in Oregon.

If this insanity passes in the closing days of the 2025 Legislative Session you can thank Oregon’s Republican Legislators.

Democrat’s Criminal Protection Bill Passes Committee

06.16.2025

As expected, SB 243 passed the House Rules Committee and is now in its way to the full House and the Ways and Means Committee.

But not without Representative Kropf once again demonstrating his complete and total ignorance of Oregon gun law. His inability to read black letter law is truly unsettling.

243 creates a vast new patchwork of prohibited places for concealed handgun licensees.

Virtually any government entity will be empowered to ban license holders from “their” property.

The sponsors of the bill made it clear that while there were no examples of CHL holders creating problems, they were ramming it through because some people were afraid that others might be exercising a right. So the rights of some will be eliminated by the neurotic “feelings” of others. 

To be clear, the bill includes exactly nothing to prevent truly dangerous people from bringing guns into public meetings. It only advertises to them that they will meet no resistance.  It’s interesting that the paranoid red shirts are perfectly fine with giving criminals access to public meetings while armed. But clearly now Oregon is legislating based on the whims of the emotionally unbalanced. But we are getting used to that.

The bill also bans “rapid fire actuators”. Many of the banned items are already illegal under federal law. The thousands of people who own the other ones lawfully in Oregon will become criminals when the bill goes into effect and felons should they attempt to dispose of them.

Far left crank Floyd Prozanski suggested that all those people only got them to commit mass murders. As of now it is unclear why they have not. Perhaps Floyd can clarify in his next incoherent floor speech.

The bill was also amended to include implementation dates for the permit and component ban sections of Mz 114 which, as you know, is currently held up in the Oregon Supreme Court.

The damage this bill will do cannot be adequately calculated. Republicans have promised to do all they can to “fight it.”

But the simple truth is they don’t have the power to do a damn thing about it except run their mouths and send out press releases. The only tool they have is to refuse to participate and keep the Democrats from one more irrational attack on your rights. 

In a mass email today, House Rep Jeff Helfrich said “While Democrats and the supermajority are slowly trying to chip away at your right to bear arms, we hope that the courts will uphold our federal and state constitutions.”  They can “hope” all they want, but as we have learned, they expect others to foot the bill for any lawsuits.

In an email to a voter, House Republican “Leader” Christine Drazan said: “A walkout is not a substitute for winning elections. The supermajority has 2 years to control the state and walking today doesn’t stop anything from passing the next time we are called into session.”

This is absurd. The Democrats keep ramming through anti-rights bills because they know the Republicans are going to roll over time after time after time. And then ask you to re-elect them.

Because the House made changes in this bill it will need to go back to the Senate for concurrence. That means that as of now both the House and Senate Republicans still have the opportunity to do the right thing.

The Legislature must close up shop on June 29th.  The Republicans would not risk the seats they are determined to keep (for no apparent reason) unless they have ten or more absences that are not “excused” by their Democrat overlords. You can do the math.

We will soon be seeing if their jobs are more important than your rights.

GUN BAN WORK SESSION TOMORROW

 

 

06.15.2025

SB 243, the Democrat’s latest effort to protect criminals and outlaw self defense while turning law abiding Oregonians into felons is scheduled tomorrow for a “work session.”

The “work session” is planned for 3 PM in the House Committee on Rules.

For more details and links to watch this insanity online use this link:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Committees/HRULES/2025-06-16-15-00/Agenda

Expect the adoption of amendments and a “do pass” recommendation.  Then it’s off to the full House where we expect the House Republicans, under the disastrous and failed “leadership” of Christine Drazan, to provide the quorum needed to further crush your rights and safety.