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LOCAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE FIREARMS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SECTION 25. (1) A city, a county, a metropolitan service district organized under ORS
chapter 268, or a port operating a commercial service airport with at least 2 million passenger
boardings per calendar year may adopt an ordinance limiting or precluding the use of the
affirmative defense described in ORS 166.370 (3)(g) concerning the possession of firearms in
public buildings, within each entity's respective jurisdiction, by persons licensed to carry a
concealed handgun under ORS 166.291 and 166.292.
(2) A school district, college or university may adopt a policy limiting or precluding the
use of the affirmative defense described in ORS 166.370 (3)(g) concerning the possession of
firearms in public buildings by persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun under ORS
166.291 and 166.292.
(3) An entity that adopts an ordinance or policy under this section shall post a sign,
visible to the public, identifying all locations where the affirmative defense described in ORS
166.370 (3)(g) is limited or precluded.
(4) As used in this section, "public building" has the meaning given that term in ORS
166.360.
(9) "Public building" means:
(a)(A) A hospital[,];
(B) A capitol building[,];
(C) A public or private school, as defined in ORS 339.315[,];
(D) A college or university[,];
(E) A city hall; [or]
(F) The residence of any state official elected by the state at large, [and the grounds adjacent
to each such building.] if the residence is owned by the state; or
(G) The [term also includes that] portion of any other building owned, occupied or controlled
by an agency of the state or a municipal corporation, as defined in ORS 297.405, other than a court
facility[.];
(b) The grounds, other than a parking area, adjacent to a building described in paragraph
(a) of this subsection;
(c) Real property owned by a college or university; or
(d) The passenger terminal, and grounds adjacent to the passenger terminal, of a commercial
service airport that has at least 1 million passenger boardings per calendar year.
(10) "Weapon" means:
(a) A firearm;
(b) Any dirk, dagger, ice pick, slingshot, metal knuckles or any similar instrument or a knife,
other than an ordinary pocketknife with a blade less than four inches in length, the use of which
could inflict injury upon a person or property;
(c) Mace, tear gas, pepper mace or any similar deleterious agent as defined in ORS 163.211;
(d) An electrical stun gun or any similar instrument;
(e) A tear gas weapon as defined in ORS 163.211;
(f) A club, bat, baton, billy club, bludgeon, knobkerrie, nunchaku, nightstick, truncheon or any
similar instrument, the use of which could inflict injury upon a person or property; or
(g) A dangerous or deadly weapon as those terms are defined in ORS 161.015.
SECTION 27. ORS 166.370 is amended to read:
166.370. (1) Any person who intentionally possesses a loaded or unloaded firearm or any other
instrument used as a dangerous weapon, while in or on a public building, shall upon conviction be
guilty of a Class C felony.
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The Pitfall began when KB took the thrown. These people of one party are self centered Idiots. All the things that has made Oregon a good place are becoming history .