Buying A Gun Might Soon Be Illegal In Oregon

http://www.koin.com ^ | Posted: February 18, 2002

[The people have spoken]

I drove through Oregon once. They won't even let you pump your own gas. It's not called the left coast for nothing.

[Squantos]

I have come to the conclusion that anyone who can't arm their family "and" neighborhood by now is a slacker.......:o)

Cache AP and fight these socialist's every step they take with votes and legal challenges. And when they get to your front porch ........

Stay Safe !

[MassLengthTime]

Didn't they have a similar situation in Maryland, where a new law required firearms manufacturers to supply spent bullets and shell casings, and the manufacturers couldn't comply so sales were effectively stopped? What ever happened there?

The Maryland law only applies to handguns. I think most manufacturers now supply a fired case, even for those weapons not bound for Maryland. But yes, in the transition period, this program did slow sales, which is presumably just what was intended.

We also have a new law this year which requires one to sit through a 2 hour "safety" video in order to be able to purchase a handgun. We also have a 2+ week waiting period for handgun and restricted weapon (so-called "assault weapons") sales. And a discretionary CCW system. And a magazine limit.

It's so much safer now here in "The Free State" ...

[lavaroise]

The sheeple is the slave sheeple. We could work fine with government but they insist we surrender our rights and duties.

[Flyer]

*Ping*

This propbably isn't news to you, but a ping, nonetheless.

[backhoe]

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[The Raven]

Don't they need to secede from the Union, first?

[Joe Brower]

We all know that all a state government has to do is give the invite and the ATF is right there to vindicate it's bloated budget. State sovereignty and the rule of law be damned.

The plan of attack is very simple and longstanding: Turn a right into a privilige by requiring licenses, then revoke the licenses. Easy.

[lentulusgracchus]

It's not called the left coast for nothing.

Demographically, Oregon is just New England and the Mid-Atlantic States transported to the Pacific Coast. They've always voted that way, too. When political guru Kevin Phillips was a teenager, he did a political voting-pattern map of the United States by county. When he was done, you could see strings and streamers of color flowing east to west on the map. The map was interesting enough that Richard Nixon took a look, and later gave Phillips a job.

Oregon being due west of Massachusetts and New York, Oregonians act like Taxachusetts commissars and New Yorkers.

[Nuke'm Glowing]

Problem is, this is a constitutional nightmare for Oregon. By letting a bunch of liberal bums delay the paperwork (intentionally I'm sure), they will invite a lawsuit denying constitutional rights. This law will be tossed on the scrap heap of history very soon.

[Travis McGee]

The plan of attack is very simple and longstanding: Turn a right into a privilige by requiring licenses, then revoke the licenses. Easy.

Not easy while we are breathing and still have bullets.

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

""Turn a right into a privilige by requiring licenses, then revoke the licenses. Easy.""

AND EVIL!!

[PatrioticAmerican]

Ibought enought already to make 'em nervous! ;>

[DBrow]

I hope and I pray, Travis, it does not come to that.

A little off topic, could you imagine which countries would come to aid the embattled US Government, and what armament they would bring? What our neighborhoods and homes would look like? In the US, CW2 would look more like WW3.

OTOH, Molon Labe. And a BLOAT for good measure.

[Travis McGee]

Nobody will come to our aid, but the UN might send peacekeepers (eventually) to help "pacify" us.

I think to imagine CW2 you might look at elements of the Spanish Civil War of the 30s, Argentina in the 70s, and Ireland from the 70s to the 90s.