Opinion
This week, United States District Judge Adrienne Nelson, denied Oregon Firearms Federation’s request for a restraining order to delay the implementation of HB 2005, the bill banning the ownership of privately made firearms.
A brief review of her decision will reveal a determined effort to avoid common sense and an understanding of plain English. But it will also reveal the dangers of our side playing their game and accepting limitations the founders never imagined.
The Second Amendment is not complicated, does not prevent Americans from owning firearms appropriate for combat, or bans any item that is misused by criminals. But once again, both sides of Oregon’s legislative aisle have worked together to punish the people they were elected to serve.
HB 2005 will turn thousands of law-abiding Oregonians into criminals and perpetuate the bigoted myth that innovative and talented people have criminal intent because they like to make things themselves. Oregon lawmakers’ incessant urge to subjugate the people is truly insatiable, and Oregon’s judge’s blatant and arrogant disregard for the Supreme Court’s clear dictates is chilling.
It will come as no surprise that Judge Nelson was a Kate Brown appointee elevated to the Federal Court by the soon-to-be-removed Joe Biden.
So, what does this mean for people who own personally manufactured firearms? It’s impossible to say.
While the politicians and their rubber stamp parrots in the media insist that this simply requires that you have a serial number added to a firearm or unfinished part you own, the reality is that it’s not that simple. It is completely unclear how anyone would go about doing this. The serial number cannot be affixed by the person who constructed the firearm.
Only “a federally licensed firearm manufacturer, importer or dealer, or a gunsmith with a federal firearms license, in accordance with federal law.”
While the law is so poorly written that no one really knows how to comply with it, the bigger problem is that people who do choose to obey one more outrageous and unconstitutional attack on their rights (like bumpstock bans and pistol brace bans) really have no way to comply.
Although the bill allows an authorized person to take these newly illegal items into their possession to apply for a number, it’s still illegal for the owner to have it in the first place. And if a person were to make one now, it would be illegal for them to create it even if they intended to have a number applied to it.
The criminal penalties take effect Sept 1st, 2024. We do not have any information on who is willing to apply serial numbers to firearms they did not make. We do not have any opinions we can trust about what people can do to avoid legal jeopardy. We do know that all of this could have been avoided if the members of the Republican House Caucus under the failed “leadership” of Vikki Iverson had simply done their jobs and said “no.”
The next steps are being discussed. We will keep you posted.
About Oregon Firearms Federation:
The Oregon Firearms Federation has proven itself to be Oregon’s only no-compromise lobbying group; OFF takes the same tough stands and serves as a vehicle for educating gun owners, promoting their rights, and, when necessary, fighting the freedom haters in court. Visit: www.oregonfirearms.org
i believe that they are talking about un-serialized firearms (80% lowers) if you will. if you purchase a stripped lower it has a serial number on it. you had to fill out a 4473 when you purchased it, correct? this will be struck down as soon as it is challenged, even in the 9th circus, it is so unconstitutional. that these law makers in oregon proposed, much less passed this law baffles the imagination. laws should be clearly written, so that a 5th grader could comprehend it. it is a shame that some law makers/politicians are not as smart as… Read more »
What is the mechanical difference between an AR 10 and AR 15? I’m looking at that Ruger SFAR.
It’s not a “poorly” written law, when one considers the goals of those who wrote it. The goal is banning guns. Since one out right ban, is not possible at the moment, they do things like this, making laws, deliberately so convoluted, no one can comply.
Again, it’s not “poorly” written from their angle. Plus, just another case of Republicans proving why automatically voting (R) on your ballot, isn’t always such a good idea.
if you, the fools, let even one of your constitutional rights be taken from you then you will get all your constitutional right taken from you. you kids and grandkids will never know what freedom is. is that what you want for them? if so you are not much of a parent, grandparent.
People need to learn and understand the power of the Jury. This is such a blatant violation of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED that it will gag a maggot. The results of the 10th plank communist manifesto school system is that the gradjits don’t know how to critically think and that’s why we need some major viral instruction given as to how to stand up for our rights in as many ways as possible. Fully Informed Jury Association
Maybe liberals will have had enough one day. And disarm this country themselves. Vigilante style!
I don’t know any of the specifics of the Oregon law, but “privately made/manufactured firearm” generally means the gun is based on an unserialized frame or lower receiver that you completed or fabricated yourself. They have(for now) outlawed 80%, 3D printed or milled from blocks of raw metal frames/lowers. I assume the builds you mentioned were based on stripped lowers that you bought through an FFL. Unless the new law has language stating otherwise, the only part of a gun legally considered a firearm is the frame or receiver.
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