{"id":1718880,"date":"2022-10-31T17:02:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718880"},"modified":"2022-10-31T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:19:06","slug":"opponents-setting-out-unintended-consequences-of-oregons-gun-control-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opponents-setting-out-unintended-consequences-of-oregons-gun-control-measure\/","title":{"rendered":"Opponents Setting Out Unintended Consequences of Oregon\u2019s Gun Control Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopponents-setting-out-unintended-consequences-of-oregons-gun-control-measure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>If voters approve a pending ballot measure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-oregon\">Oregon<\/a> would have the strictest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-gun-laws\">gun laws<\/a> in the nation\u2014which opponents claim would virtually end the legal sale of firearms in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cReduction of Gun Violence Act\u201d (Measure 114) would require a permit to obtain any type of firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds would be outlawed. Commonly used pump shotguns would be banned. And state police would be required to maintain an electronically searchable, publicly available database of all permit applications.<\/p>\n<p>Backers of the measure, including a coalition of faith-based leaders and Ceasefire Oregon, say the new restrictions would help prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands, as well as reduce gun homicides, suicides, and trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>The ballot measure is currently polling at 51 percent.<\/p>\n<p>But opponents say the measure was poorly written and the explanatory language in the voters\u2019 pamphlet was misleading.<\/p>\n<p>They argue that the measure would create a bureaucratic nightmare that would only impact law-abiding gun owners, be impossible to comply with, violate the Second Amendment, and put an onerous burden on law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>And, though the pamphlet says the \u201cfinancial impact is \u2018indeterminate,\u201d opponents claim it would cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main problem with the \u2018Reduction of Gun Violence Act\u2019 is it doesn\u2019t address violent crime,\u201d Aiobheann Cline, National Rifle Association of Oregon state director wrote. \u201cThat\u2019s because it ignores criminals who break the law and instead penalizes law-abiding citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law fails to mandate sentences for gun-related criminals or put an end to the soft-on-crime policies that have made many Oregon cities into nightmares,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Oregon State Sheriff\u2019s Association (OSSA) cites the burden it would place on financially-strapped law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The measure would enact a law that requires a permit issued by a local law enforcement agency in order to purchase any type of firearm. Applicants would have to pay a fee, be fingerprinted, complete safety training, and pass a criminal background check.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis measure will require law enforcement agencies to create and operate a massive permit-to-purchase and training program out of local budgets,\u201d explained OSSA president and Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson in a video message shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will move very scarce resources away from protecting our communities to doing background checks and issuing permits at a time when crime is skyrocketing and law enforcement numbers are at their lowest in decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Williamson, an Oregon trial attorney who specializes in firearms law and who served on the explanatory statement committee shares OSAA\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to obtain the permit, an applicant would have to show up with a firearm to demonstrate the ability to load, fire, unload, and store the firearm,\u201d he told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you can\u2019t get a firearm without the permit. And under Oregon\u2019s highly restrictive gun storage laws, no one can legally loan a firearm to another. That creates an impassable barrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The permit and training programs also create an unfunded mandate with no enforcement measures, opponents claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe measure calls upon the Oregon State Police to come up with these [permitting and training] programs, but there\u2019s no consequence if they don\u2019t and there\u2019s no timeframe for coming up with them,\u201d explained H.K. Kahng, an engineer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nra\">NRA<\/a> firearms instructor.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson said that implementing the measure would cost local law enforcement agencies just over $49 million annually, with expected permit fees covering only $19.5 million. That means local law enforcement would need to shift about $30 million of their budgets to fund the programs.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Patrick, the policy director for the <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonhunters.org\/contact-us\/\">Oregon Hunters Association<\/a>, told The Epoch Times that it will take at least two years to set up the permitting system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime, means Federal Firearm License gun sales would simply stop operating until purchase permits could be issued, potentially putting gun shops out of business,\u201d she claims.<\/p>\n<p>In Oregon, the sporting arms and ammunition industry is responsible for 3,668 jobs with an average wage of $59,541 and total economic contribution to the state of $1.78 billion annually, Michael Findlay, the National Shooting Sports Foundation\u2019s director of government affairs told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Loss of that revenue could have a devastating impact on fish and wildlife conservation funding through the Pittman-Robertson Act.<\/p>\n<p>Enacted in 1937, that act collects an 11 percent federal excise tax on all firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment. Those funds are then remitted to states.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon is among the top 10 recipients of those funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPittman-Robertson funding brought $44 million to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in the last biennium,\u201d Patrick explained. \u201cThose funds are specifically used for fish and wildlife conservation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A record setting high of more than $1 billion was collected in the past year and has yet to be distributed to the states, Findlay added.<\/p>\n<p>Those economic contributions to the state budget would cease unless a court grants a legal injunction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019ll find any precedent in U.S. history in which a citizen has to go through so many hoops to exercise Constitutional rights,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cThis is the first of its kind and, if it passes, it will wind up in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taxpayers will pay for the litigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless the Oregon Attorney General\u2019s Office argues that the measure is constitutional, they would be required to defend any legal challenge to the measure at taxpayer expense,\u201d said Williamson.<\/p>\n<p>The June 23, 2022, Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen held that rights of law-abiding American citizens to keep and bear \u201ccommon firearms\u201d in public are protected by the Second Amendment, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe firearms and magazines impacted by the Oregon measure are all \u2018common firearms,\u2019\u201d Williamson explained.<\/p>\n<p>Though Williamson said it is impossible to anticipate the cost to taxpayers to litigate the measure, the Bruen case took five years.<\/p>\n<p>The costs could easily run into the millions, he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-scottie-barnes\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WEB_ScottieBarnes.jpg\" alt=\"Scottie Barnes\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As founding editor of GeoIntelligence and Geospatial Solutions and editor in chief of GPS World, Scottie Barnes has examined the implications of public policy and emerging technologies on areas ranging from homeland security and national defense to forestry and urban planning. She now provides breaking news and investigative reporting from the Pacific Northwest for readers of The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If voters approve a pending ballot measure, Oregon would have the strictest gun laws in the nation\u2014which opponents claim would virtually end the legal sale of firearms in the state.The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1582690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1718880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1582690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}