Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Oregonians trying to deal with the gun problem

A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, ruled Tuesday that a new voter-passed ban on high-capacity gun magazines can go into effect Thursday, but placed a 30-day hold on a permit-to-purchase requirement after local and state law enforcement agencies said they could not have a permitting system ready in time.

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Measure 114, which narrowly passed in the midterms, requires a permit, criminal background check, fingerprinting and hands-on training course for new firearms buyers and bans the sale, transfer or import of high-capacity gun magazines except in certain cases. The requirement that a background check must be completed before a gun can be sold or transferred will also take effect Thursday.

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Tuesday’s ruling is far from the end of the legal wrangling over the new law; at least four lawsuits have been filed against it. And Immergut’s decision only addresses an initial temporary restraining order sought by gun rights plaintiffs as the law’s constitutionality is debated by the courts. More hearings in this case, and others, are scheduled going forward.

  The Hill
It's a start.

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