State judge places hold on Oregon’s gun law, state to appeal

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A ruling by a state court judge placed Oregon’s tough new voter-approved gun law on hold late Tuesday, just hours after a federal court judge allowed the ban on the sale and transfer of high-capacity magazines to take effect this week.

The ruling by Harney County Judge Robert Raschio threw the implementation of Measure 114 — set for Thursday — into limbo and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said on Twitter that her office will urgently appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court. That filing is likely to come Wednesday morning.

“It’s been a busy day for Measure 114, Oregon’s new gun safety law, which is supposed to go into effect Thursday. A federal and a state judge both issued rulings today,” the Twitter thread said. “As of now, the law cannot go into effect on Thursday.”

The lawsuit in Harney County, filed by Gun Owners of America Inc., the Gun Owners Foundation and several individual gun owners, sought to have the entire law placed on hold while its constitutionality is decided. The state lawsuit specifically makes the claims under the Oregon Constitution, not the U.S. Constitution — and that means for now, Raschio’s ruling is binding in the entire state.

Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge in Portland had delivered an initial victory to proponents of the sweeping gun-control measure narrowly approved by Oregon voters last month.

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut allowed the ban on the sale and transfer of new high-capacity magazines to take effect Thursday. She also granted a 30-day delay before the law’s permit-to-purchase mandate takes effect, but did not quash it entirely as gun rights advocates had wanted.

Measure 114 requires a permit, criminal background check, fingerprinting and hands-on training course for new firearms buyers. It also bans the sale, transfer or import of gun magazines over 10 rounds unless they are owned by law enforcement or a military member or were owned before the measure’s passage. Those who already own high-capacity magazines can only possess them in their homes or use them at a firing range, in shooting competitions or for hunting as allowed by state law after the measure takes effect.

Gun sales and requests for background checks soared in the weeks since the measure was approved because of fears the new law would prevent or significantly delay the purchase of new firearms under the permitting system.

Multiple gun rights groups, local sheriffs and gun store owners have sued, saying the law violates Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms. All of those lawsuits were filed in federal courts except for the one in Harney County, a gun rights group said late Tuesday.

“We are, of course, deeply troubled by the ruling that came out of the Federal Court today. We are also grateful for the opposing ruling from the Harney County Judge this afternoon,” the Oregon Firearms Federation wrote. “But no matter what, there is a long way to go.”

The interfaith coalition that placed Measure 114 on the ballot said earlier Tuesday it appreciated the federal judge’s ruling and understood the need for a delay in the permit-to-purchase provision to sort out the process.

“We’d like to see the permitting in place this week because that would save lives, but at the same time we understand that it will take longer to do it well,” said Mark Knutson, chairman of the Lift Every Voice Oregon campaign and pastor at Portland’s Augustana Lutheran Church. “For us, it’s all about saving lives and safety.”

Knutson did not return a call late Tuesday about the state ruling.

Amid the uncertainty, gun sales spiked in Oregon in the past month.

The Oregon State Police reported more than 35,000 pending background check transactions for gun purchases as of last week and was averaging 3,000 requests a day compared to less than 900 a day the week before Measure 114 passed, according to agency data. On Black Friday, the agency received 6,000 background check requests alone, OSP Capt. Kyle Kennedy said in an email.

Gun store owners also reported a run on guns, with sales in some stores increasing four- or five-fold in recent weeks.

Measure 114’s fate is being carefully watched by both gun rights advocates and those who want stricter limits on gun ownership because it is one of the first to take effect after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that struck down a New York law that placed limits on carrying guns outside the home.

The June ruling signaled a shift in the way the nation’s high court will evaluate Second Amendment infringement claims, with the Supreme Court’s conservative majority finding judges should no longer consider whether the law serves public interests like enhancing public safety.

Instead, judges should only weigh whether the law is “consistent with the Second Amendment’s text and historical understanding.”

Gun-rights supporters have called the June ruling a “wrecking ball” for firearms restrictions. Since then, federal judges in Texas have struck down a law against adults under 21 carrying handguns and a ban on people under indictment buying firearms. Judges have also blocked measures in West Virginia, Delaware and Colorado.

Other gun regulations have survived challenges since the ruling, however, including one involving ghost guns in California and one on non-violent felons owning guns in Pennsylvania.

Still, the Supreme Court also sent back to a lower court for review a California ban on high-capacity magazines that’s similar to Oregon’s new law.

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9 thoughts on “State judge places hold on Oregon’s gun law, state to appeal

  1. “Rosenblum said…” And “Karin allowed…” Oh shut up. This is playing out like a tragic comedy.

    Could all this back-and-forth be because they’re SCARED? Maybe feel backed into a corner? Get FURTHER back mofos. You’ve no right to decide on any of this.

    Side note… Seeing some crazy shifts. More speaking out on gun rights, military dropping ‘vaxx’ mandates, Virginia governor wants to end ‘Covid’ penalties and reimburse those who paid fines, outrage on pedophilia getting more time on msm. What’s up with all this?

    Could it be they know we know they’re breaking the law, stomping on our Bill of Rights? Seems they’re starting to understand our power and we got them reconsidering their control moves? I bet it is. And I hope they’re up at night feeling afraid and confused. But what little suffering that is compared to what they’ve done to us, how many lives they’ve utterly destroyed. They don’t yet know suffering, but they will.

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    1. “And I hope they’re up at night feeling afraid and confused.”

      These creatures don’t “feel”. Any inkling of fear they might experience is all part of the thrill of the ride for them like being tied up & whipped or beaten for pleasure. Psychopathy is bred into them & is a prerequisite for any position or vocation they have. They are extremely sick & far beyond help or remorse. We all know inside of us that there is only one solution to the problem we all face.

  2. Well they have set up a global surveillance control-grid, And they have captured young minds and turned them into killers of innocent people. All their spying, caging, warring is for their own protection and born of fear of us. I personally think they are very afraid of us.

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      1. All good galen. Yeah I was talking more about the chosenites at the top of this steaming pile. The ones who are sliced & diced at birth, have psychopathy in their DNA & a black hole instead of a soul. We have to be sure just how inhuman THIS true enemy actually is before we deal with it. For sure though their well-paid minions are definitely experiencing real fear quite often & so they should 😉

        1. Yeah, human or not, they’re coming to the same fate, and that would be facing us.

          One other reason I perceive them being in fear and likely unable to peaceably sleep is that every day I see more and more vids of people dropping like flies and hear more reports of healthy people just up and dying. We know the impact of the bio-weapon is really starting to show. It’s more obvious every day and they can’t hide it. They know that when the bulk of the population comes to realize what they did there’s gonna be no where to run. That’s why they’re pushin’ so hard to take our rights and enslave us.

          Every day I tell myself I believe in us. Good humans with minds intact who will do all they can to fight this evil. Yes, THEY ARE AFRAID OF US.

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  3. “California ban on high-capacity magazines that’s similar to Oregon’s new law.”
    not a law. a voted measure.
    also what is high cap? I have guns that come with a single five stack. high cap is the after market 7s I bought. also a 30 round 5.56 only holds 10 .458 socoms. soooo.

    shut up or we will/@re hunt you.

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