Notes from the Resistance
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While we are gratified and encouraged by the recent victory in Harney County, it’s important to note that legal efforts to protect the most fundamental rights of gun owners are a long way from over. [More]
Unless the tunnel being dug is redirected, I’m not sure seeing light at the end of it would be a good thing.
Judge Robert Raschio in Harney County has declared Measure 114 to be “facially unconstitutional by a finding of clear and convincing evidence…” [More]
The FBI says it can’t conduct gun permit background checks for Measure 114, even if the law survives legal challenges. [More]
I’d love to chalk this up to incompetence like what happened in Nevada with Question 1, but is it so difficult to believe this was an intended outcome designed to halt gun sales?
Meanwhile, Oregon Firearms Federation gives a case update along with a wider range of observations.
Great article! Yeah, it’s pretty funny that our great anti-gun president has a son who lied on his 4473 to get a gun(s).
Speaking of courts, Oregon hardly get press coverage of the what’s taking place in courts here, specifically the fight over Measure 114. I guess we’re regarded as a hopeless cause while coverage of cases in California, Massachusetts, NJ, NY which involve the same issues are always covered in Ammoland. Hmm
Thanks.
In re Oregon, I publish links to every alert Kevin Starrett and OFF put out and more on WoG:
https://waronguns.com/?s=Oregon
I have for years:
https://waronguns.blogspot.com/search?q=Oregon
I also do AmmoLand articles:
So does AmmoLand in general:
Our biggest problem is getting the word out — search engines and social media suppress us, and most readers don’t share links, so it’s easy to see how our stuff is missed– but it’s not because we’re ignoring it. We’re doing everything we can to juggle all the balls and drop as few as we can with the resources we have.
The judge now has about 60 days to reach a decision. While it is always risky to predict how a judge will rule, we think the trial went as well as possible considering the state has endless resources and supporters of the Constitution have to pay for their lawyer and the state’s… Meanwhile, the Oregon Firearms Federation federal lawsuit moves forward in the 9th Circuit where we believe all these battles will end up eventually. The defeat of the California ban is a very positive sign for that fight… [More]
That and the odious Vikki Breese Iverson has been replaced by Jeff Helfrich.
Iverson rolled over for virtually everything the far left wanted. Her “leadership” set back Oregon in ways that would be hard to calculate. [More]
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when the best you can say about whoever will replace her is there’s a chance they may not be as bad.
In tangentially related news, it looks like the judge is seeing how the law can result in “disparate policing” and discriminatory enforcement.
And here in Oregon, the people we elected to stand up to this madness have caved. [More]
Peaceful revolution is being made impossible.
Oregon Sheriffs Will NOT Issue “Permits to Purchase”- All Magazines Banned [More]
In a rational and lawful Republic, the DOJ would be enforcing rights and arresting violators.
With Oregon’s Legislature out of session and the first step in our Federal lawsuit to stop Ballot Measure 114 behind us, things may seem a bit “quiet” on the gun rights front. But like so much in life, things are boiling beneath the surface. [More]
Oregon gun owners need to take this time to understand their situation, recruit support, and get involved.
Today, after lengthy delays due to technical issues that shut down state websites, the House Republicans folded up and provided the quorum the Democrats needed to pass House Bills 2002 and 2005. [More]
The reality is, since we will not disarm regardless of what diktats are forced through, stupid and gutless Vichycons don’t realize they need us more than we need them.
Call or email Iverson. Remind her that Republicans inspired a lot of admiration while they were standing up. Remind her that you matter and you are furious that she would allow you to become a felon for exercising your rights. Remind her that walking out on clearly unconstitutional legislation is not an option, it’s a duty. And remind her that doing the right thing is a lot cheaper than a lawsuit. [More]
Or do nothing so that she only hears from a handful and presumes it’s safe to ignore them.
It’s about official as it can get. Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp has made a deal with the Democrats and you are on the chopping block. Personally made firearms will be banned under Knopp’s sell out and while there is some talk of getting something on the record that it will not apply to AR style uppers, we have no reason to think they are actually going to change the language of the bill to clarify that. [More]
Yeah, throw the circling jackals a scrap of flesh. That’ll make ’em go away!
Well the bad news is we were right. Tim Knopp is making deals to throw gun owners under the bus. The “deal” will be to let the Democrats ban personally made firearms, a scheme courts have already determined to be unconstitutional. [More]
What? They won’t stop with that?
Leave it to gutless idiot f*****g Republicans. Fold on anything and that’s one less obstacle they need to overcome on their way to everything.
Anyone who doesn’t realize we’re dealing with lying devils who want it all is willfully deluded. Anyone who does realize it and “compromises” anyway is ultimately on their side.
But now the left is buzzing with talk of a “deal” to bring the Republicans back in exchange for the Republicans folding on personally made firearms, what the left calls “ghost guns.” [More]
Fold on anything and that’s one less obstacle they need to overcome on their way to everything.
Anyone who doesn’t realize we’re dealing with lying devils who want it all is willfully deluded.
The state has been relying on “expert witnesses” who are attempting to prove that early firearms do not have the capacity of modern firearms. Why you need “expert” witnesses to prove this is hard to understand. But the notion that our constitution only protects things in existence 200 years ago is odd when the argument is taking place in a courtroom filled with computers and flat screen TV’s, fed by the internet, and protected by metal detectors. [More]
Add a Catch-22 on “ripeness” and you get a feel for what they’re up against.
Meanwhile, the Republicans continue to hold fast on denyng a quorum, so “Attaboys” to them.
Yesterday, the state presented an “expert” witness who hilariously claimed that it takes 5 seconds or more to change a magazine. This false and absurd statement was made in an effort to convince the court that low capacity magazines will protect people in mass shootings by giving them time to run away. [More]
A moron presenting himself as an expert testifying that an abomination bent on slaughter would nonetheless obey magazine restrictions did not result in his being laughed out of the courtroom? Who is this guy?
Yesterday was the first day in OFF’s federal trial to stop the implementation of the very dangerous and unconstitutional Measure 114. [More]
It’s revealing, what’s not being allowed and what the media isn’t informing the public about.
After these speeches about diversity and inclusion for all, the Democrat’s true attitude towards minorities was once again on hideous display as Lieber demanded that the Republican Senators, who have taken a brave stand to protect their constituents, be forcibly dragged back to the floor to help the Democrats pass more attacks on gun owners and parents. [More]
Bottom line, they’re all about using fraud, coercion, and force to bend everyone to their will.
Everyone.
Obey them or they’ll rage, seek revenge, attack…
“Liberals” my … eye.
While most Senate Republicans have made enormous sacrifices to defend your rights the House Republicans seem determined to move the Democrat agenda forward as quickly as possible. [More]
That’s what happens when glad-handing, rope-selling “capitalist” Vichycons like Kim Wallen can run without Republican primary opposition. It’s a Republican district: Are there no Republicans in it to fix that?
The far left “OPB” was right. The Democrats, in their zeal for retribution, screwed up. They now have zero leverage. The Senate Republicans have demonstrated amazing courage and selflessness and now the Democrats are wetting themselves. [More]
If you’re an Oregon gun owner, thanking the senators for standing up for rights at no small risk to their own careers is the right thing to do.
On the House side, “Republicans” Charlie Conrad and Kevin Mannix joined the Democrats to pass HB 2572. [More]
Just an observation: I don’t see Oregon gun owners tearing into these traitors on their respective Facebook pages.
I wonder how many think OFF volunteers are supposed to do all the work and how many just don’t care.
But, today, not a single Republican came to the floor to participate in the massive fraud that is this legislative session. [More]
Those who can still get elected don’t want to totally demoralize their base.
For the 5th straight day most Oregon Senate Republicans refused to participate in Senate President Rob Wagner’s grotesque parody of representative government and denied quorum by staying off the floor. [More]
But there’s always one Dick.
Are these Facebook photos inDickative of this lightweight’s priorities?
The House member’s cowardice does not help the efforts of the Senators who have taken a stand. Instead, they are posturing. [More]
It’s the difference between elephants and RINOs.
