Oregon Second Amendment advocates are raising the alarm over what they consider an attempted end run around the courts to impose fortified ballot Measure 114-style gun control through legislation.
On April 4, the Oregon State Senate Judiciary Committee voted Senate Bill 348 (SB 348) out of committee and onto the floor of the legislature for a vote and a referral to the Joint Ways and Means Committee.
The committee received written testimony from hundreds of Oregonians opposing the law, with fewer than 200 expressing support during a March 27 hearing.
The bill would enhance some of the requirements of ballot Measure 114, approved by voters in November 2022 but now tied up in the courts. The Oregon Firearms Federation executive director told The Epoch Times that SB 348 isn’t just Measure 114 codified….