After reading this bill, you can't possibly not be left stupefied at the lengths that Democrats will go in this assault on the 2nd Amendment...
Better Get The Underground Activated Soon
Oregonians would be required to surrender their assault weapons and "high capacity" magazines within 120 days of the signing of the bill into law (based on the "emergency" declaration in Section 6). Those currently in possession of assault weapons/magazines would be allowed to retain ONE assault weapon and THREE magazines...
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(5) A registered owner of an assault weapon or large capacity magazine is required to:
(a) Securely store the assault weapon or large capacity magazine pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the department;
(b) Allow an inspector from the department to inspect the storage of assault weapons and large capacity magazines to ensure compliance with this subsection;
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From Section 5:
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(4) The department may conduct inspections of registered owners of assault weapons and large capacity magazines to ensure compliance with the storage requirements of section 4 of this 2013 Act.
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From Section 6:
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This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its passage.
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The Section 6 declaration of "emergency", which puts the law into effect immediately upon passage, coupled with the very loose/generic wording for both the storage and inspection of assault weapons and magazines is troubling:
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Securely store the assault weapon or large capacity magazine pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the department
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The department may conduct inspections of registered owners of assault weapons and large capacity magazines to ensure compliance with the storage requirements of section 4 of this 2013 Act.
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What if they deem that the only "sufficient" storage is a $4000+ gun safe? And another safe to store the firing pins in?
How often do they get to "inspect" the storage of these weapons? Do they have to give notice of the inspections? What if they discover some other violation (drugs, etc.) when they are conducting the inspection of weapons storage? Is that "off limits" because the primary purpose of the visit was the inspection of weapons storage? Are there even limits to this warrantless search/inspection?
May you live in interesting times indeed...