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Measure 114 says in part: "a person commits the crime of unlawful manufacture, importation, possession, use, purchase, sale or otherwise transferring of large-capacity magazines if the person manufactures, imports, possesses, uses, purchases, sells or otherwise transfers any large-capacity magazine in Oregon on or after the effective date of this 2022 Act."I do not support this measure nor did I vote for it, but I have to ask if you have read it. None of the things you have mentioned above have been made illegal. Possession on private property is not illegal. Use in recreational activities on public land is not illegal. So in what way have you been made a criminal?
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That the mag owner is prohibited from "maintaining" the magazine, if they do so "in a manner other than:
(A) On property owned or immediately controlled by the registered owner;
(B) On the premises of a gun dealer or gunsmith licensed under 18 U.S.C. 923 for the purpose of lawful service or repair;
(C) While engaging in the legal use of the large-capacity magazine, at a public or private shooting range or shooting gallery or for recreational activities such as hunting, to the extent permitted under state law [pro tip: it is already illegal to hunt most game species with a semiauto firearm having a capacity of more than 5 rds] ; or
(D) While participating in firearms competition or exhibition, display or educational project about firearms sponsored, conducted by, approved or under the auspices of a law enforcement agency or a national or state-recognized entity that fosters proficiency in firearms use or promotes firearms education; and
(E) While transporting any large-capacity magazines in a vehicle to one of the locations authorized in paragraphs (c)(A) to (D) of this subsection, the large-capacity magazine is not inserted into the firearm and is locked in a separate container."
This means if you have a "high cap" mag stuck under your truck seat that you forgot about, and you get pulled over in the wrong part of town (and your vehicle is searched), AND you're not on your way to a "shooting range or gallery" or to a gunsmith, or to a competition or exhibition, and you're (obviously) not on private land, then you'll be guilty of a misdemeanor (subject to the affirmative defense).