The Republicans Can Stop This
CONTACT:
House Republican Leader Christine Drazan
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1400
Email the House Republican Leader:
Email: Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov
Monday, March 17, Oregon’s ban on gun sales (HB 3075) moved forward with a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee.
The next step in the legislature’s efforts to ban firearms will be a “work session” where the proposed amendment will be adopted and the bill will be voted onto the House Floor for certain passage. (That has not been scheduled as of the time this alert went out but it will be soon.)
The obvious goal is to end the sales of firearms in Oregon, or at very least make it so difficult and expensive that only the wealthiest and best connected Oregonians can even consider legally acquiring a firearm. Clearly no rational person believes that a “right” can be subject to these kinds of restrictions.
(Information on other bills will be addressed later in this alert but first we must address next steps of HB 3075.)
Our lawyers have informed us that if 3075 is enacted, both our state and federal lawsuits become moot. That means there will be no appeals or opportunities to present our case in Oregon’s Supreme Court or in the Ninth Circuit. It means that the hundreds of thousands of dollars gun rights supporters have spent on legal fights will be meaningless and we will be subjected to hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees we will have to pay the state to crush your rights.
HB 3075 will immediately criminalize the possession of most magazines under most circumstances.
It creates exorbitant fees for the privilege of asking for permission of the state to ask permission to buy a gun. (The permit required by HB 3075 is NOT permission to buy a gun.)
The bill doubles the time the “permit agent” has to issue or deny a “permit” to 60 days. But that time frame only begins when the “permit agent” “accepts the application” and there is NO requirement that there be any limits on how long the “permit agent” can take to accept the application.
In many counties sheriffs have refused to accept applications for concealed handgun licenses sometimes for months. During covid many refused to accept them at all.
The bill requires classes that contain requirements that are so poorly defined that no one really knows who qualifies to teach the classes placing instructors at great legal risk, and requires live fire that is rarely available and will only be available to a few and at great cost.
Obviously, placing these kinds of obstacles in the way of purchase will destroy many, if not most, gun dealers leaving only the big box corporate giants who can get by on selling sleeping bags and camp soap.
Needless to say the employees of those businesses will be out of work.
The battle now becomes quite simple. HB 3075 can only pass with Republican support. Period, end of story. And not one of them has to vote for it. All they have to do is show up and provide the quorum the Democrats need to ram this through.
Here is the plain reality. In Oregon right now, Republican Legislators have NO power to do ANYTHING. They can issue press releases and crow about how they are “fighting” for you. But it’s all nonsense. They don’t have to votes to pass anything, they don’t have the votes to stop anything and they can’t even insist that “informational hearings” be fair instead of the propaganda side shows they are.
The Republicans have one tool to protect this state from the coming madness. Refusing to participate in this charade. That’s it. If the Republicans are on the floor for this bill or any bill that ends freedom in this state, they will have passed the bill.
Oregon Republicans who participate will say they have to be there or they will be prevented from running again. But the fact is that only happens if they don’t demand that absences be excused or they won’t come back. And in reality, if they are more concerned with their political futures than your rights, we don’t need them. They have no power. They can do nothing good for this state. They can only benefit themselves by being part of this lunacy.
If they are on the floor when this bill is voted for, they will have sent a message to Oregon gun owners that their careers are more important than your rights, your freedom, and your property. It’s that simple.
The bill will soon move to the House Floor. That means that the next line of defense will be the House Republicans, led by Christine Drazan.
Drazan has refused to stand up for your rights in the past and, in fact, has voted over and over to advance the Democrat’s agenda. The future of this bill is now solidly in her hands.
No matter what happens in any litigation (should it be allowed to take place) an appeal would buy some time. It’s possible the higher courts might take some positive action. It’s possible that the Trump Administration might intervene in some way. But even if none of that happens at least gun owners and gun stores get some breathing room to prepare for the worst. Please contact Drazan and tell her in no uncertain terms that she cannot allow this bill to move forward.
House Republican Leader Christine Drazan
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1400
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, H-395, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email the House Republican Leader: RepElect.ChristineDrazan@OregonLegislature.gov
Other news
Today at 1pm there is a work session for James Manning’s racist SB 947. The bill now has an amendment which makes it no less stupid and offensive but now appears to be written in English. Which, of course, demonstrates that Manning did not write it.
On Thursday the House Judiciary Committee will hear HB 3076 at 3pm. As of the time of this alert they had not posted the amendments that are sure to be offered. Currently this bill is a “placeholder” with meaningless language. When amended it will be a collection of new restrictions on gun dealers, or the few who can survive if 3075 passes. You can use the above link to keep track of that bill.
Please call or email Drazan now.
You can view this alert with embedded links and updates in a browser here: https://www.oregonfirearms.org/call-christine-drazan-now
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