Oregon: 2025 Regular Session Is Over ~ Unlike Republicans, We Are Not Taking A Victory Lap

Opinion

In spite of the dump of press releases from Republican legislators, Oregon’s law abiding gun owners once again got screwed while criminals and crazy people got a big boost.

Not every evil and vindictive anti-rights bill passed, but only getting screwed half as much as promised is not a victory, not matter what they tell you.

SB 243 passed. And it is a terrible, outrageous, hateful bill designed to do nothing but hurt the people who (maybe foolishly) play by the rules.

And it could have been stopped.

So let’s summarize what this insane attack does.

First, it outlaws an entire category of firearm accessories the legislators have called “rapid fire activators.” These include perfectly legal devices like forced reset triggers but also include items that have always been illegal, like “Glock switches.”

Unlike other attacks on your rights and your property, 243 not only makes your possessions illegal, it provides no compensation for taking them from you and no option to lawfully dispose of them. Had they included these options we would still be forcefully opposed to this mean spirited nonsense but without them it’s clear their intentions are just straight up evil.

If you bought one of these items you will become a criminal (possibly a felon) the minute the law goes into effect. That would be Sept 26th. There is no legal option to transfer these even to a person in a free state. If you own it you can go to prison.

The constant repeated mantra of the sick people pushing this insanity was that these devices are only used to commit mass murders. House Rep, and militant gun hater, (except for himself) Paul Evans, repeatedly said “Anyone who needs one of these shouldn’t have one.” You could say Evans misses the point. But that would be giving him too much credit.

No one “needs” one of these devices. But thousands of people legally bought and used them lawfully, because they wanted to. And because in America, you should be allowed to do things that hurt no one and are legal because you want to, without having to explain yourself to fatuous hypocrites like Evans.

Democrat Senators Broadman and Prozanski pounded the “mass murder” drum endlessly, but for some reason, while constantly regurgitating that line of nonsense, could not provide a single example of a law-abiding Oregonian suddenly and inexplicably gunning people down with a binary trigger.

All we heard over and over and over, like the loop of annoying music on an ice cream truck, was that they were used in the Las Vegas shooting. And frankly even that is doubtful given the astonishing amount of unanswered questions about that event which have now been flushed down the memory hole like the January 6th “bomber”.

Oddly, and perhaps comically, far left Democrat Senator Lew Fredricks, from north Portland, may have spoken the quiet part out loud when he noted that he does not get concerned about a person with a rifle in Burns. (Because he thinks they are going “bird” hunting.) But when a person in HIS neighborhood has a rifle he assumes they hunting people. While Fredrick correctly addressed the problem, he still supported attacking the rights of people who are not the problem… or from his neighborhood.

But don’t assume that the Democrats who pushed this latest act of hatred and outright theft are alone in their willingness to screw you over. Republican Senators repeatedly noted that they, too, wanted to make criminals out of law-abiding Oregon gun owners if only that part of the bill were on the floor by itself.

Of course, there is more. SB 243 also tells all the people who jumped through expensive hoops to obey the law and get a concealed handgun license (which is not even needed in most states) that they are chumps. Because while they may have demonstrated that they are safe, law abiding, and willing to play by the rules, they are going to be treated like trash. One more time.

Now, any tiny agency, board, or rabble of state bureaucrats can ban armed CHL holders from their meetings. Why? Well because a collection of neurotic women in tee shirts and Democrat nanny staters said so. Throughout the debate on this bill, none of these charlatans could provide a single example of a CHL holder shooting up a cemetery board meeting. But darn it, those men with guns make us uncomfortable. So our lapdogs in the legislature are going to strip their rights away.

The sheer lunacy of this move would be obvious to a 5-year-old. There is no provision in the bill to provide any security to any agency that bans gun owners. There is no provision to provide metal detectors or swarms of armed cops like the clowns in Salem have around the clock. What this moronic bill does is advertise that a location is defenseless so if you do happen to be insane or a member in good standing of your local thug antifa chapter you know you can walk right in and wreak havoc.

Stupid? Yes. Counterproductive? You bet. But that’s the way we roll in Oregon.

And while it would be tempting to blame all this on carnival barkers like Broadman and Prozanski and Grayber (who believes we need to ban bump stocks and CHL holders from public meetings because .. well suicide) keep in mind that this latest attack would not have been possible without the active participation of the Oregon Republicans.

We told you which House Republicans showed up to be the doormats for the Democrats and pass 243 here. When the bill then passed through the Senate every single Republican Senator except Kim Thatcher showed up to help pass it! And remember, in both the House and Senate, the Republicans who helped pass this dreadful assault on you, your family, your property and maybe even your freedom risked NOTHING by walking out. And yet, there they were once again, giving speeches, expressing their outrage and then folding up like a 4 dollar hide-a-bed. It’s disgraceful.

We repeatedly heard from legislators defending their refusal to stop these bills by saying “well they’ll just be back next year.” Yes they will, and guess what Mensa candidates? They’ll be back next year even though you declared surrender. We know because they told us. House Rep Jason Kropf, who regularly promoted his anti-gun crap by outright lying about Oregon law told us through tear filled eyes that these attacks are not about to end. And still the Republicans roll over for the whipping and then send out press releases claiming victory.

Time after time we hear Republicans complain about anti-rights legislation saying “Its unconstitutional ! There will be lawsuits!” But they never file any and they never pay for any. That, it seems, is your job. But it’s not. It’s their job!

We hired them to defend our rights not to back down over and over so they can brag about the new fire hydrant they scored for their district. Not so they could vote over and over to advance the Democrat’s twisted agenda. Not so they could make motions every single day to speed up the process of crushing the state by advancing bad bills without reading them.

The Oregon Republican Caucus celebrates failure as long as they can claim goodies handed out in exchange for their passivity.

The Oregon Republican Party rewards legislators who cave and protects candidates who will cave, as long as they’re “Republicans.”

It is the official policy of the Oregon Republican Party to elect anyone, no matter how willing they are to side with the Democrats, as long as they say they are “Republicans.” This twisted philosophy keeps bringing us legislators like Charlie Conrad, Kevin Mannix, and Cyrus Javadi.

These attacks will continue. Your rights will continue to disappear session after session. This progression cannot be solved by an endless series of lawsuits costing an incalculable amount of money that will be decided by judges who were appointed by anti-gun governors. That is simply unsustainable.

We must hold accountable the people who sold us out. We must create a sea change in the way the Oregon Republican Party conducts business.

Much of the rest of the country is moving in a positive direction for gun owners. Oregon is going backwards at high speed.

As unpopular as our message is with the establishment we will continue to point out who took your campaign donations and your vote and then kicked you to the curb for a few dollars in state handouts. (By “state handouts” of course we mean your money.)

Recent sessions have not been good for Oregon gun owners who are not criminals. Many of you did all you could to try to hold the Republican’s feet to the fire. You held up your end. Now we must make the people we hired hold up theirs.

A lot of good people are looking to move elsewhere. For those who choose to stay we’ll keep spreading the truth. We are deeply grateful for all the support you have shown us through these fights.

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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