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Lane County board to wade into gun rights debate
Commissioner Jay Bozievich floats a resolution endorsing Second Amendment rights
ByElon Glucklich
The Register-Guard
JUNE 1, 2015
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The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution cements citizens' rights to own firearms.
The amendment also has been at the center of heated public debate in recent years as mass shootings have prompted a wave of gun control proposals in state legislatures.
Now, the Lane County commissioners plan to jump into the debate on gun rights, albeit symbolically.
Commissioners are expected to spend 30 minutes at their regular board meeting Tuesday discussing a proposed resolution backing Second Amendment rights.
"Lane County strongly supports the right of the people to keep and bear arms as stated in the Constitutions of the United States of America, and Oregon … and vigorously opposes any state or federal law that unconstitutionally restricts these rights," the resolution's draft reads in part.
The item was placed on the agenda at Commissioner Jay Bozievich's request, Lane County spokeswoman Anne Marie Levis said. He was prompted by the Oregon Legislature's recent passage of a gun control law, she said.
Senate Bill 941 requires background checks on private gun sales between a buyer and seller, unless the transaction is between relatives.
Under previous state law, background checks were required only for purchases from a firearms dealer.
The resolution wouldn't change any county policies, Levis said. But she said the county discussion will focus on "unfunded mandates," inasmuch as local law enforcement, including the Lane County Sheriff's Office, will enforce the state's expanded law.
Among other complaints, critics of SB 941 say it unfairly puts the burden on local governments to ensure that background checks are done, and to cite people who fail to comply.
A handful of sheriffs across the state, mostly in rural counties, have said that for that reason they will not enforce the new law.
GUN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
Who: Lane County Board of Commissioners
When: 9 a.m. Tuesday
Where: Harris Hall, Public Service Building, 125 E. Eighth Ave., following HACSA and Board of Health meetings
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S EMAIL ADDRESSES--maybe copy your support to his collegues
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Lane Cty Board of Commissioners)
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Commissioner Jay Bozievich floats a resolution endorsing Second Amendment rights
ByElon Glucklich
The Register-Guard
JUNE 1, 2015
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The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution cements citizens' rights to own firearms.
The amendment also has been at the center of heated public debate in recent years as mass shootings have prompted a wave of gun control proposals in state legislatures.
Now, the Lane County commissioners plan to jump into the debate on gun rights, albeit symbolically.
Commissioners are expected to spend 30 minutes at their regular board meeting Tuesday discussing a proposed resolution backing Second Amendment rights.
"Lane County strongly supports the right of the people to keep and bear arms as stated in the Constitutions of the United States of America, and Oregon … and vigorously opposes any state or federal law that unconstitutionally restricts these rights," the resolution's draft reads in part.
The item was placed on the agenda at Commissioner Jay Bozievich's request, Lane County spokeswoman Anne Marie Levis said. He was prompted by the Oregon Legislature's recent passage of a gun control law, she said.
Senate Bill 941 requires background checks on private gun sales between a buyer and seller, unless the transaction is between relatives.
Under previous state law, background checks were required only for purchases from a firearms dealer.
The resolution wouldn't change any county policies, Levis said. But she said the county discussion will focus on "unfunded mandates," inasmuch as local law enforcement, including the Lane County Sheriff's Office, will enforce the state's expanded law.
Among other complaints, critics of SB 941 say it unfairly puts the burden on local governments to ensure that background checks are done, and to cite people who fail to comply.
A handful of sheriffs across the state, mostly in rural counties, have said that for that reason they will not enforce the new law.
GUN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
Who: Lane County Board of Commissioners
When: 9 a.m. Tuesday
Where: Harris Hall, Public Service Building, 125 E. Eighth Ave., following HACSA and Board of Health meetings
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S EMAIL ADDRESSES--maybe copy your support to his collegues
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Lane Cty Board of Commissioners)
PLEASE SEE THOSE THAT BEHEAD THE TRUTH BELOW
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