Oregon 2025 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly Firearm Proposals, a list

[MrJoshuaYoder]

I've called Rep. Yunker's office and left a voicemail, and spoke to Senator Robinsons staff. I've also called House Minority Leader Christine Drazans office and Senate Minority Leader Daniel Bonhams office, left voicemails for both. I've asked they organize a walkout, not to stand for these or play the games that let them pass.

I've been told there have been conversations had about organizing a walkout. I urge EVERYONE to call your reps/senators, even if they are blue, and make your voice heard. If they are red, urge them to stand up, walk out and deny quorum for any of the anti-2A bills. They can demand the absences are excused. Remind them that if they ALLOW QUORUM and these bills pass that they will be voted out anyway. This is the ONLY OPTION we have to stop the power grab and loss of protected rights. The state legislatures in Oregon and other states DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR 2A RIGHTS.

Get LOUD!

 

[5ranman5]

To back up Mr. Yoder's post above, you can sign up to receive email notices on individual bill's progress and especially when they are scheduled for hearing. Testimony, either in person or by comment are open once a bill is scheduled for a hearing until 30 minutes before a hearing time. You have to register for either.

I've registered to receive notices on all of the bills in this thread. I'll share them as well, in order for people to register for testimony in person or via written testimony.

If you want to follow specific legislation yourself, go to:

Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

On the top right of this page, you can type in one of the bills you are interested in (select Senate or House) or just enter the number directly (e.g. HB 3076). Once you are on the bill page, you can see the link to submit testimony but normally these aren't open as described above. Click on the e-Subscribe link (top right) and it takes you to a page to register your email to receive notices. Once on that page, there's a list of all the legislators and depending on which list you expand, all of the bills and resolutions. You'll find the sponsoring legislature checked as well as the bill number of the first one you subscribed to. You can keep this list open and use the lists in this thread to simply check all of the boxes of the numbered bills you want to follow.

 

[5ranman5]

SB 698 is open for testimony.

SB698 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

I presented argument that the current mishmash of concealed carry regulations and differences between municipalities and jurisdictions creates an entrapment whereby someone with a CCL could be hit with penalties for simply crossing a City or County boundary or stepping from a sidewalk onto some adjacent property that had decided on a Gun Free Zone without adequate ability to adjust or do anything about it. I noted that the CCL already requires vetting for purchase, requires training and further background checks. I noted that this creates harassment of the very people who abide by the law and does nothing to prevent criminals from doing whatever they want.

 

[2nd Amendment]

Denying Quorum is the only option right now. If they goto the floor for a vote, they can all vote no and the super majority can push it through.
Denying Quorum PREVENTS the vote.

The risk is that if the absences are unexcused, which they can demand they are excused. If they get 10 unexcused they can't run for office again. However, if they don't deny Quorum, we should vote new reps anyway as they will be allowing the tyranny.

They can and need to hold the line! We elect them to do our will.

Can Republicans deny Quorum in both the House and the Senate, or are there enough Dems to make Quorum without Republicans? Which chamber should we tell to WALK OUT - the House or the Senate, or both?

If they ask for the absences to be excused, will they be excused, or is that up to the Dems?

If their absences are excused, can the Dems have the state police find them and drag them back to the capitol, or maybe fine them?

 

[2nd Amendment]

SB 698 is open for testimony.

SB698 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

I presented argument that the current mishmash of concealed carry regulations and differences between municipalities and jurisdictions creates an entrapment whereby someone with a CCL could be hit with penalties for simply crossing a City or County boundary or stepping from a sidewalk onto some adjacent property that had decided on a Gun Free Zone without adequate ability to adjust or do anything about it. I noted that the CCL already requires vetting for purchase, requires training and further background checks. I noted that this creates harassment of the very people who abide by the law and does nothing to prevent criminals from doing whatever they want.

They know all of that and DO NOT CARE. If they could get away with making each violation punishable with heinous torture, THEY WOULD.

 

[ajmacomber]

The Oregon legislature and Tina Tampon are going to sail through everything they want, and the next governor will likely be even worse. Unless there a huge quake and most of Portland is swallowed by the earth, this is unstoppable. Oregon isn't savable. Unless SCOTUS gets off their bubblegum and nullifies all of this unconstitutional bs, there's no hope, and that's just the truth of the matter. Call a realtor, that's the only call you can make that will improve your freedom. The whole western seaboard is a disgrace, and a lost cause.

 

[MrJoshuaYoder]

Can Republicans deny Quorum in both the House and the Senate, or are there enough Dems to make Quorum without Republicans? Which chamber should we tell to WALK OUT - the House or the Senate, or both?

If they ask for the absences to be excused, will they be excused, or is that up to the Dems?

If their absences are excused, can the Dems have the state police find them and drag them back to the capitol, or maybe fine them?

I believe they can in both chambers. I've been calling on both to walk out.
Regardless of if the absences are excused or not I believe the Dems probably would have the State Police look for them to drag them back and probably fine them.

However, our state police have no jurisdiction in other states.

 

[MrJoshuaYoder]

I printed this letter to PDF and have been uploading it as testimony, in addition to my normal testimony, on every single Anti-Gun piece of legislation.
In my regular typed/text testimony I give my reasons for opposition, and then mention this letter and position of US DOJ, and tell them to not waste my money on lawsuits and spend it on things that actually benefit Oregon.

I would highly recommend that everyone file civil rights complaints with US DOJ as well over this, so that way US DOJ can focus in on these infringements. The scales are tipping folks, but it's going to take a little time. We can only do what we can, but we can fight, and we can win.

Right now it's about strategy, and that means get loud and make voices heard.
We can either wallow in the problem and talk about what we can't do, or we can take action and do what we can do.

 

[5ranman5]

I know many here are familiar with the Wildfire Maps Issue. It was concerted effort of citizens who overcame their fear of shoveling feedback into the gaping hole of Salem and succeeded with citizen action. Of course, everyone losing their homeowners insurance is a more bipartisan issue, but it was effective and it worked to get at least a partial backdown and pull the map that has caused so much harm. I'm posting information so you can comment/testify. If you've never even explored the process to do that, some of us have lain it out for you. I hate Nike with a passion, but "Just Do It". If you can't navigate it, ask for help. It's not intuitive or easy, but it is available.

We can decide it doesn't make a difference and when we do that, it really doesn't make a difference. I'd encourage people here to comment and testify at EVERY opportunity. We've got to come up with arguments that aren't simply FU democrat governor. The political game is always at play. We can be creative and talk about how this disadvantages people of all shapes and colors. We can insist that they are creating an endless budget diversion on issues that don't bring an end to gun violence. We can tell them they should spend it on "housing", we can tell them that these "death by a thousand laws" is creating panic buying....whatever, but get out there and do it. Representative government has a majority and a minority but representation ceases to exist if you simply piss away an opportunity.

 

[5ranman5]

SB 396 Open for Testimony

SB696 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

Bumps/Binary/Hellfires/Switch/Burst

 

[5ranman5]

SB 697 Open for Testimony

SB697 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

Limitation of gun ownership for Under 21 to basic rifles with single action.

 

[5ranman5]

Update

SB 698 is open for testimony.

SB698 2025 Regular Session - Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

I presented argument that the current mishmash of concealed carry regulations and differences between municipalities and jurisdictions creates an entrapment whereby someone with a CCL could be hit with penalties for simply crossing a City or County boundary or stepping from a sidewalk onto some adjacent property that had decided on a Gun Free Zone without adequate ability to adjust or do anything about it. I noted that the CCL already requires vetting for purchase, requires training and further background checks. I noted that this creates harassment of the very people who abide by the law and does nothing to prevent criminals from doing whatever they want.

UPDATE:
Hearing and possible working session is scheduled for April 7 at 3:00 pm. Latest testimony (written) by 2:30 pm same day.

 

[5ranman5]

I'll keep posting links for submitting testimony in my replies for those that want an easy route to testify outside of the critically important calls to our representatives.

SB 429 is open for Testimony

Oregon Legislative Information System

olis.oregonlegislature.gov

 

[PiratePast40]

There are now so many duplicate threads that I can't keep up with all of them so posing the latest OFF alert here: OFF Alert
Several are set Bills are set for hearings on Monday.

GUN BANS MOVE FORWARD

04.03.2025

Wednesday's Senate floor session began, once again, with a motion by the Republican leader to suspend the rule requiring the reading of entire bills before voting on them. In his words "we're ready to vote."

Of course, by doing so he also helped to speed up the Democrat's agendas to destroy the state. So not only are they staying on the floor and ensuring the passage of bad bills, they are making it happen faster.

At that session the Senate passed SB 947, James Manning's inane attempt to rewrite history and eliminate the concept of the citizen's militia.

During the hearing for this bill Manning made it clear (well at least as far as he can make anything clear) that he had paranoid delusions of gangs of militiamen roaming the state to hunt down and kill minorities.

(This is not really a surprise since both he and Lew Fredrick recently made speeches on the Senate floor attacking the Trump Administration for removing black people from Arlington Cemetery. Another paranoid delusion that could be debunked in a 30 second online search.)

On the Senate floor however, Manning changed his tune and falsely claimed the bill was about "honoring National Guardsmen." A blatant lie.

Submitted testimony on this bill was 100% in opposition. An interesting accomplishment, and needless to say no one from any branch of the Military showed up or submitted testimony in support of it.

After Manning's incoherent floor speech explaining the bill, Senator Mike McLane rose to ask exactly what the point of the bill was. Manning's rambling response just left people more confused. He did however slip up and admit to the real purpose of the bill with an oblique and nonsensical reference to "the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters."

The bill passed exactly along party lines with every Democrat voting yes and all Republicans voting no.

The bill now moves to the House where the process begins again and once again Manning will show up to lie about its intent. Manning is the poster child for the wisdom of ending DEI programs.

Today, the House Judiciary Committee heard HB 3884, another bait and switch bill that was "gut and stuffed" minutes before the hearing began and long after most people had submitted testimony.

The new bill pretends to be about suicide prevention by allowing gun dealers to "hold" people's guns for them if they are feeling suicidal.

Speaking in support was the head of the "Gun Owner's Caucus of the Democrat Party of Oregon". As far as we know he is also the only member.

Also in support was the President of the Oregon State Shooting Association. What neither of them bothered to mention while testifying in support of the bill was that dealers cannot take guns into their possession without entering them into their "bound book" and making them part of their inventory, unless they are briefly in for gun smithing.

That means that if a person does "voluntarily" relinquish their firearm to a gun dealer, when all the other gun bills pass, they cannot get it back without a gun safety class with live fire, a 2 month wait for a permit, three background checks and a 72 hour waiting period. But that assumes there are still any FFL's left in business which is not likely.

It's not real helpful when people claiming to represent gun owners are testifying on behalf of the people who want to end gun ownership.

Next Monday there will be an avalanche of gun bills being heard in the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. These Committees are scheduled to meet at the same time in different rooms just to further impede your ability to participate.

In a recent interview on KPNW, House Republican Leader Christine Drazan blamed the voters for these bills moving forward saying they need to "make their voices heard." But as noted above, voters made their voices heard when 100% of them opposed SB 947 and it passed with no Democrat voting against it. Furthermore Democrats are using "gut and stuff" tactics to change the bills at the very last minute so the public doesn't even know what will be in the bills until it's too late.

The reality is, voters are not being heard and it's not because they are not speaking. It's because they are being ignored. An email to Drazan recently received this reply:

Your message

To: Rep Drazan

Subject: Oregon's ban on gun sales (HB 3075)

Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 1:50:59 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

was deleted without being read on Wednesday, March 26, 2025

The voters hired Republican legislators to protect their rights. Their written testimony is being ignored, when they take time off from work and travel long distances to testify in person they are given 2 minutes max if any time at all.

Drazan should not be blaming voters for her failures to stand up to these attacks.

We will keep you informed and keep reminding the Republicans that helping the Democrats pass destructive legislation was not what we hired them to do

 

[1911Fanatic]

Why should an FFL have to add the guns to their inventory. Why not just a BGC when they leave them (10.00 for all the guns, just to make sure the FFL can legally take them). And another BGC when they are retrieved. The FFL could bill them a nominal fee to store them. And, that is if any FFL would agree to that in the first place.

If they really want to get suicidal people to get their guns away from them during a crisis, and I;m sure they would have to be checked out by a doc before they could legally retrieve them, why make it so expensive and difficult, if they're really interested in protecting the public?

Seems to me they are pricing guys who would want to do this out. Nobody would be willing to do th\is if there wasn't a good chance of getting their guns back later, when they feel safe.

It just seems like so much book sheet to me.

 

[Camelfilter]

Why should an FFL have to add the guns to their inventory….

Because ATF regulating constitutional rights…

 

[PiratePast40]

Imagine what will happen to the first FFL that gives guns back to someone that says they were suicidal, but are fine now, gets their firearms back, and then offs themselves.

Or gets so pizzed off because they can't get their firearms back because they don't have a permit to purchase.

 

[1911Fanatic]

It seems to me it's overdue time to get off playing defense and go on the offense.
Until there is a change in the makeup of the legislature, our opportunity is pretty much limited to the election process. We have failed to organize as well as the other side and that needs to change.
We need to mobilize, find big doners and put repealing 114 on the ballot.

My dyslexia made me read as Dine Big Boners….oops.

 

[1911Fanatic]

In a nutshell this is also true of the national Republican Party and much of its voter base. Reactive and not proactive. Complacent and not active.

Wilfully ignorant and having no real drive to actually get out there and do more than complain on keyboards, on PR campaigns and in editorials.

"Just go out and do it" seem to be very difficult for many of the supposedly pro2A candidates when it comes to repealing parts of the NFA, reversing/canceling some of the anti2A executive orders, and reining in/abolishing certain positions at the ATF and FBI/DOJ.

Well, just getting out and doing it probably ain't gonna happen for me. I'm disabled and, other than Dr.s visits, I am pretty much stuck at home. I only managed to make it to the range 5 times in the last 365 days. And, that only happens when I'm having a GOOD DAY.

Those are few and far between.

 

[ajmacomber]

I can't wait to get out of this socialist disgrace of a state. Disgusting.

These blue states will have nobody left in them but takers and dependents. No cop is going to stay here. No patriot will stay here, No veteran is going to stay here. Businesses won't stay much longer, they just keep adding tax after tax after tax and the people can't get enough of it. Just pull back till they literally destroy themselves then come back, sweep up the bones, and build it back.

George Washington would fix this bubblegum real quick, too bad we're so castrated as a people by comparison that things have even been allowed to get here. You can't legally stop it, you can't. You can either gut it, or cut bait and get the hell out of this bubblegumhole embarrassment. Fighting it can only drive you crazy or cause you to lose your freedom. This scorched earth ain't worth it.

This is a 'Universe 25' analog