Gun rights advocates secured a victory on Dec. 15 when an Oregon circuit court judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state’s voter-passed restrictions that would require a permit to purchase firearms and institute a ban on “large-capacity” magazines, among other things.
Harney County Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Raschio ruled that certain restrictions in Ballot Measure 114, which was passed by Oregon voters on Nov. 8, “unduly frustrate the right to bear arms” under Oregon’s Constitution.
The measure will remain on hold until questions about its constitutionality can be decided, the judge said.
Ballot Measure 114 (pdf) was passed by 50.7 percent of voters in November in response to mass shootings across the nation in the hopes of increasing public safety….