The Democrats’ gun owner entrapment bill, SB 243, which passed in the Senate with the tacit approval of Republicans, is now scheduled for a hearing in the House Rules Committee tomorrow at 2:30 PM in Hearing Room D.
As you know, this bill makes instant criminals out of Oregonians who lawfully obtained and lawfully used certain devices such as forced reset triggers. There is no grandfathering, no legal way to transfer them out of state. And while we would still strongly oppose this nonsense if it did, clearly this is simply an attempt by the Democrats to entrap as many gun owners as possible.
Two Senate Republicans, McLane and Nash, spoke in support of this part of the bill.
SB 243 also vastly expands locations that are off-limits to CHL holders. One of the promoters of the bill, Senator Broadman, claimed that this bill would reduce suicides. We needn’t discuss the blatant lunacy of that position.
The promoters and supporters of this bill have not provided a single rational example of why this bill is needed, and in fact, it serves no purpose except to further marginalize and demonize gun owners who play by the rules. It also sends a clear message to evildoers that they have a far greater choice of places to create mayhem, secure in the knowledge that they will meet no resistance from an armed and trained civilian. As criminal mobs continue to rage and burn across the country, the message this bill sends is truly and seriously demented.
Almost every day, we receive canned messages from the Republicans telling us to send in testimony to “overwhelm” the other side. And every day we see another bill that has overwhelming opposition glide into effect because the Republicans are too cowardly to stand up and do the job they want you to do.
As a Democrat anti-gun bill, SB 243 is a virtual sure thing to pass, with the Republicans virtually guaranteed to show up and provide quorum. Still, if you want to make your voice heard, to at least add to the record, as the people we elected assist the Democrats, you can upload testimony here.
You can register to testify remotely here: (the link to register is at the bottom right of this page.)
(Be advised, it appears that people who register in opposition to gun bills seem to experience higher than normal incidents of “technical difficulties”.)
Of course, if you are willing to be disarmed by the well-protected stooges who are in charge, you can testify in person.
- This bill with embedded links and updates can be viewed below or in a browser here.
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When will you anti-Constitution people ever learn, you will not disarm or quench in anyway the freedom that every American citizen has to arm and defend him or herself without hindrance from the government!
They are entrapping no one because ex-post facto laws are unconstitutional…
Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 (limits on Congress):
“No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.”
Congress cannot pass ex post facto laws (laws that criminalize actions retroactively). States also cannot pass ex post facto laws. Feel free to ignore this law because they won’t dare to prosecute under it. It’s just a fear campaign.
More, possible, fallout from the impotent Second Amendment!
America was sold down the river when the 18th-century founding fathers replaced Biblical responsibilities (based upon the moral law of God) for Enlightenment rights, and nothing demonstrates it better than the Second Amendment.
Think about it: The Amendment WITH the wording “shall not be infringed” is the MOST infringed, licensed, and limited Amendment of the entire twenty seven. Furthermore, a future generation of our posterity is likely to see the Second Amendment whittled away entirely or repealed altogether. This is inherent nature and danger of optional Enlightenment rights versus non-optional Biblical responsibilities, such as the following:
“Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword [or today’s equivalent] in their hand … this honor have all his saints. Praise ye Yah.” (Psalm 149:6-9)
“But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house [beginning with spiritual and physical protection], he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.” (1 Timothy 5:8)
Which is more potent: 1) An optional right, or 2) A non-optional responsibility?
Which is more likely to be infringed, licensed, and ultimately abolished altogether?
Which did the pre-Second Amendment Americans look to for their authority to bear arms, with little or nor infringement?
For more, listen to “The Second Amendment: A Knife in a Gunfight,” delivered at the Springfield, Missouri Firearms and Freedom Symposium, at bible versus constitution dot org. Go to our Video page and scroll down to title.
See also online Chapter 12 “Amendment 2: Constitutional vs. Biblical Self-Defense” of “Bible Law vs. the United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective.” Click on the top entry on our Online Book page and scroll down to Chapter 12.