The state of Oregon has been temporarily blocked in its attempt to trample all over the 2nd Amendment, but the Democrats who run the state are fighting mad.
From The Hill:
Oregon's state government plans to appeal after a judge on Wednesday paused its new gun law banning the sale and transfer of high-capacity magazines.
State Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum (D) said in a tweet that her office will petition to the Oregon Supreme Court immediately. She noted that a federal judge denied a request earlier on Wednesday to delay the law's implementation before the state judge in Harney County temporarily blocked enforcement of the entire measure.
"We will petition to the Oregon Supreme Court ASAP, seeking to align the result in our state courts with the federal court's well-reasoned and thoughtful decision," she said.
Oregon is trying to block the sale of "high-capacity" magazines as well as unreasonable background checks, which would infringe on the 2nd Amendment.
At least one judge in Oregon saw the major issue with the law and paused its implementation.
Further down in the story, The Hill gives more details about the insane regulations in this law.
Several groups and individuals, including the Gun Owners of America, the Gun Owners Foundation and individual gun owners, filed the lawsuit to place the law on hold while its constitutionality is determined. The lawsuit makes its claims under Oregon's state constitution instead of the U.S. Constitution.
The federal judge, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, allowed the ban on selling and transferring high-capacity magazines to go forward while granting a 30-day delay before the law's permit-to-purchase requirement takes effect. The law was supposed to go into effect on Thursday.
The measure, which voters narrowly approved by about 1 percentage point last month, requires new firearms buyers to obtain a permit, criminal background check, fingerprint and training course. It also prohibits the sale, transfer or import of gun magazines more than 10 rounds unless the person owned them before the measure was passed or they are law enforcement or part of the military.
Fingerprinting just to purchase a gun? We're seriously treating gun owners like criminals now?
Those filthy peasants and their freedoms!
While I'm in favor of gun safety courses, the idea that completion of a state-mandated class to exercise your God-given right to self-defense is inexplicably backwards.
Here's hoping the courts stop this ridiculous law.
