A trial held in Portland last week aims to determine whether Oregon’s voter-approved gun-control measure is constitutional in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer.
Should Ballot Measure 14 survive this legal test, the state would have among the strictest gun laws in the nation.
The measure at issue would ban the manufacture and sale of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds and require anyone who wishes to obtain a firearm to get a permit first. Permits will require taking a safety course, demonstrating competency with a firearm, paying fees, and completing a federal background check.
Passed by Oregon voters last November with just 50.7 percent of the vote, the measure has yet to be enforced pending an injunction granted by Harney County Judge Robert S. Raschio in a separate suit filed in state court….