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Per sub. sec. 5(C), one could be in transit to any "recreational activity" involving firearms, e.g. shooting on one's private rural property. Range hours and proof of range membership need not be a consideration, IMO.FORWARD: I am trying to keep my cool as best as I can about this crap as the election nears. I suppose that I'll opt to get really pissed-off angry later, when we actually cross this bridge.
I believe that if this garbage is passed, and I'm pessimistic that it will; it will be immediately challenged in the courts; an injunction placed, and none of the below will ever have to be considered.
The wording reads as such:
Sec. 11 Sub. Sec. 5 As of the effective date of this 2022 Act, it shall be an affirmative defense, as provided in ORS 166.055, to the unlawful possession, use and transfer of a large-capacity magazine in this state by any person, provided that:
(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
(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.
DISCLAIMER: INAL The below is only my perceived legal interpretation and ought naught be considered as legal advice.
Pertaining to a person that may be a card-carrying member of a private range:
It's my understanding that there is no stated radius, or established distance perimeter that one must be within to be reasonably considered to be in transit to a private range. The range could conceivably be located in a different city, or even a different county.
It also doesn't declare that a person must travel directly from one's place of residence to and from the range with no other stops in between. What if a person also needs to fill their gas tank, grab some lunch somewhere, get a haircut, play a round of golf?
Now, I realize that a person would be prohibited from carrying the restricted mags on person in public, but there is nothing in the wording that would preclude say perhaps having an unloaded rifle(or rifles), or full-size duty pistol(s), and separated mags in one's vehicle, and for it to still be considered as reasonable that one is on route to the range.
In theory, as long as one is in transit during normal range operating hours, a person could be running an errand (or two, or three) on their way to the range. Perhaps something pressing came up, and range time had to be postponed altogether. As long as a person is able to present proof of range membership -- I.E. a member card, gate-key etc. on one's person, then there would be a burden to prove otherwise.
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