http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/05/oregon_attorney_general_issues.html
By Hillary Borrud
[email protected]
The Oregonian/OregonLive
Oregon's attorney general on Wednesday released a certified ballot title for an initiative to ban the sale of high-capacity magazines and a broad range of semiautomatic pistols, rifles and shotguns.
The initiative also would require most existing owners of these weapons to pass criminal background checks and register with the state in order to keep them. Failure to do so would be a Class B felony.
The new ballot title for Initiative Petition 43 reads: "Prohibits 'Assault Weapons' (Defined), 'Large Capacity Magazines' (Defined), Unless Registered With State Police. Criminal Penalties."
The measure's opponents could still appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court to force changes to the title. Portland-area clergy are leading the effort to gather the 88,184 signatures needed by July 6 to get it on the November ballot.
The ballot initiative would ban the manufacture and sale of magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, and firearms classified as assault weapons in Oregon starting in 2019. It would define assault weapons as certain semiautomatic rifles and pistols that can accommodate detachable magazines and have other military-style features, such as a collapsible stock or grenade launcher, plus some semiautomatic shotguns. Military and law enforcement employees who are required to carry firearms would be exempt, as would retailers and manufacturers who supply those agencies. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum's office released a draft ballot title in April.
(More at the link)
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Another case of why we can't have nice stuff. As many have noted recently, it's all about "control" and only tangentially about "guns." This certainly bears watching.
By Hillary Borrud
[email protected]
The Oregonian/OregonLive
Oregon's attorney general on Wednesday released a certified ballot title for an initiative to ban the sale of high-capacity magazines and a broad range of semiautomatic pistols, rifles and shotguns.
The initiative also would require most existing owners of these weapons to pass criminal background checks and register with the state in order to keep them. Failure to do so would be a Class B felony.
The new ballot title for Initiative Petition 43 reads: "Prohibits 'Assault Weapons' (Defined), 'Large Capacity Magazines' (Defined), Unless Registered With State Police. Criminal Penalties."
The measure's opponents could still appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court to force changes to the title. Portland-area clergy are leading the effort to gather the 88,184 signatures needed by July 6 to get it on the November ballot.
The ballot initiative would ban the manufacture and sale of magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, and firearms classified as assault weapons in Oregon starting in 2019. It would define assault weapons as certain semiautomatic rifles and pistols that can accommodate detachable magazines and have other military-style features, such as a collapsible stock or grenade launcher, plus some semiautomatic shotguns. Military and law enforcement employees who are required to carry firearms would be exempt, as would retailers and manufacturers who supply those agencies. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum's office released a draft ballot title in April.
(More at the link)
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Another case of why we can't have nice stuff. As many have noted recently, it's all about "control" and only tangentially about "guns." This certainly bears watching.
