Notes from the Resistance
If you are experiencing the symptoms of whiplash, you are not alone. The saga of Measure 114 is moving so fast and taking so many unexpected turns that keeping up is nearly impossible, and, in fact, most in the media have not been able to. [More]
Which is why those following the story need to make Oregon Firearms Federation Alerts a regular stop.
Today, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) secured a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in state court, preventing the entire new Oregon gun control law from being enforced. Signed by Judge Robert S. Raschio, the order bars the state from implementing any portion of the law until a hearing is held on a request for a preliminary injunction next Tuesday. [More]
I guess it all depends on the judge…
UPDATE
This email from Oregon Firearms Federation just came across the transom. Since it is not yet posted to the “Alerts” page I am pasting it here in its entirety:
Early this morning we were notified that Judge Karin Immergut has denied our motion to delay the implementation of Ballot Measure 114.
She did agree with the state’s request to delay the permitting process for 30 days. A process the state assured the court will be ready by Thursday.
That will provide no protection for anyone who currently owns a standard capacity magazine or anyone who owns a common shotgun which will now be contraband.
It also does nothing for anyone waiting to take possession of a firearm they paid for but have not received, if that gun comes with a standard magazine.
Furthermore, come Thursday even security guards and off duty police will be breaking the law if they are in possession of a standard magazine.
This is a lengthy (and obviously disappointing) decision and we will have more information soon. But for now, unless something really unexpected happens, understand that your rights will be, once again, seriously eroded starting Thursday.
Firearm enthusiasts in Oregon are flocking to gun stores as they wait to find out whether a federal judge will delay the start of a strict permit-to-purchase law before Thursday’s deadline. “The parking lot has been a disaster,” Northwest Armory owner Karl Durkheimer told Fox News. “The side streets around our place have been a disaster.” [More]
I wonder how many didn’t lift a finger and let groups like Oregon Firearms Federation carry all the load without helping.
I wonder how many are Democrats.
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I just hope all the independent actions coordinate with rather than sidetrack the original effort.
Things are moving quickly in our suit to put Mz 114 on ice. [More]
The Medford CBS affiliate surprised me by doing a story on how hundreds of Oregon gun stores could be closed down.
Nice to see the “real reporters” catch up.
I wonder what would happen if I said what I really thought of Connie Ballmer…
Maybe if I just said what it rhymes with…
But, in the midst of this madness, we want to take a minute to say a very sincere thank you. [More]
In the face of adversity, and there’s plenty of it, Oregon Firearms Federation reminds those of us who join it in the fight for freedom to be thankful for each other.
Oregon Firearms has filed the first of what we believe will be numerous lawsuits to put the brakes on Ballot Measure 114, Oregon’s gun ban initiative. [More]
We know what’s at stake.
Here’s how you can help (select Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation).
“December 07, 2022 (Wednesday) will be the last day to purchase ANY firearm without a valid Oregon Firearm Purchase Permit.” [More]
The useful idiot dilettante billionaires bankrolling this abomination don’t care whose livelihoods are destroyed or whose rights are usurped as long as this wins them “progressive” accolades for being enlightened and benevolent. It’s not like they have to worry about what “those people” want.
We are all in on this fight. Oregon Firearms Educational Foundation will use every resource at our disposal to overturn this mean spirited, evil attack on our rights in court. Period. But we have to act fast to save the many small businesses that the “people of faith” in Portland have been working to destroy. [More]
I’ll be working this afternoon on an article about this.
Received via email:
“Tomorrow” in this case means “today.”
This demented policy could pass or fail on fewer votes than virtually any other in memory. [More]
The enemy is counting on TINVOWOOTers…
Ballots will be arriving soon. We wanted to give you an update on Mz 114 and our efforts to defeat it. [More]
The corrupt tyranny in Oregon — and resistance to it by the dedicated few — continues.
Ballots are arriving. You may be disgusted, you may be frustrated, but you must vote. All indications are that Ballot Measure 114 is very close. If this passes we will face a long time and a lot of money to defeat it in court. [More]
And it has the potential to require a lot more than that, so it’s easier to fight this way.
Oregon may be on the verge of electing its first Republican governor in a generation next month. [More]
If they do, I wonder how the fine words about the Second Amendment will pan out.
[Via Jess]
This has been out for three weeks and only has 811 views to date on YouTube…? Is that indicative of the interest Oregon gun owners have in being informed, let alone involved?
And according to Oregon Firearms Federation:
With the media in the tank for them, they will not have to spend much on spreading their message, while we have been forced to spend a lot. An excellent video produced for us is being denied digital distribution because it “involves guns.” Of course it does. It’s a gun ban ballot measure!
I wish I could believe that Oregon gun owners who won’t lift a finger to do the easy things now are ready, willing, and able to do the hard ones later. How pathetic that a guy in Ohio does more to share advocacy information than most of them, and has for years.
And it’s not just them.
THE PARENTS BEHIND THIS RECALL ARE ALREADY RECEIVING DEATH THREATS [More]
No wonder the ones they’re recalling want their guns.
For the record though, I could not locate that person by name or handle. I don’t know what that means.
Oregon Safeway shooting: Multiple people dead after gunman opens fire at grocery store… The suspect opened fire in the parking lot with an AR-15 style rifle. [More]
Just in time for the ballot measure!
Note the suspect hasn’t been ID’d yet. My beef with gun advocates who say don’t “give him fame” is that by leaving him anonymous, interested parties can ignore/clean up internet tracks when they have someone who doesn’t fit an exploitable narrative.
The measure essentially ends the sale of all firearms in Oregon for the foreseeable future and bans the sales of most shotguns and all standard capacity magazines forever. Possession of those items outside your home will be a criminal offense. If you are caught in possession of a standard capacity magazine INSIDE your home you will be required to prove that you had it before the law went into effect. There will be no presumption of innocence. [More]
If you’re an Oregon gun owner, consider this a muster call willingness test.
One backer of the measure stated the she was “terrified” of firearms and had a visceral reaction of fear to them. Yet, in spite of her admitted, irrational behavior, she dominated the conversation on what the statement should say. [More]
So… SOP…?
This, as you know, is the measure that will virtually end the sale of firearms in Oregon. As expected, the deck was totally stacked. The only statement even considered was the one drafted by the proponents of the measure. [More]
Funny, how “majority rule” in “our democracy” is more and more starting to look like a dictatorship…
Basically the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission needs to hear from the public about the potential impacts of the ballot measure on different racial communities. [More]
The “equity” of totalitarianism is that it makes us all slaves.
GUN BAN MEASURE APPROVED FOR BALLOT. COMMENTS NEEDED. [More]
And not just any comments, as the post explains.
If a statement receives comments during the public hearing, the explanatory statement committee must meet to review comments and consider revisions to the statement.” [More]
So will any gun owners tune in and speak up?
But urban minorities will not be the only people who will find the legal purchase of a firearm almost impossible. [More]
Right. The object is for all of us to be slaves.
Why else would tyrant rulers demand a monopoly of violence?
Scappoose Backs Down [More]
I didn’t figure they had much stomach for conflict the way they make it so hard to find out who they are. You’d think you wouldn’t have to scroll down for the slideshow.
Things are getting crazy, and we are going to need your help. There is just no way around it. [More]
You can never give them enough. The prohibitionists just keep coming back for more and more and…
That’s why they’re called “totalitarians.”
Betsy Johnson has a long history of standing up to her own party and defending the rights of gun owners. Now that she is running for governor she has folded up like a Goodwill hide-a-bed. [More]
So that’s a “No” on “ballot box”?
