Thanks to forums and social media we find out pretty quick who the closet liberals and fence sitters are.
You have every right to do as you are told and wear a mask, I doubt anyone at the shows would tell you to take it off. Ironic that crowds have always been a petri dish and only with the creation of covid did anyone demand mask. I have been to gunshows for decades and don't remember anyone wearing mask. Fauci himself says mask don't work but I can see his reasoning to force them on the public. Mask pedal fear and fear pedals jabs which fills Faucis pockets with cash.
Part of the problem is the waiting period Oregon has implemented. It not explicitly written in law. They found another way to make it happen, just allow the transfers to back up. And another benefit to the waiting period is it has hurt gun shows.
Exercising a "right" is not always the right thing to do.
The "right" thing for you in this case may not be the "right" thing for me.
I don't think you mean BGC I think you mean Oregons new "waiting period", forced by OSP no law no vote no problems. Another way the state is forcing people to pay another tax and just get a concealed permit and no wait. Also part of the problem all the CHL holders get pushed thru and normal folks without one wait up to a month.
What is this new waiting period you type of? I was under the impression that covid panic buying along with the influx of first time gun buyers backed up the OSP FICS log. I'm very grateful for my CHL and will always cherish the perk of auto approval. I think I took notice around March or April of 2020 that things were backing up and there was no change in laws at the time that caused the back log for non CHL holders to get 2000+ reviews behind. I've heard it getting north 3500+ but I'm guessing that insanity may be settling down now.
I don't recall if it was Costa Mesa or Albany where the gal sets up like 8 tables of crystal stemware and other glassware but it's getting ridiculous with the influx of swap meet garbage inventory and other like trinkets. The cheap taser vendors that constantly crack off the low voltage noise makers almost non stop drives me nuts. Promoters can do better. An off the cuff analogy here for gun shows would be is, it's like walking into a christian book store that sells dildos. Take your garbage back to the flea markets and swap meets!
the New wait period is the OPS's semi-permanent backlog of uncleared back ground checks, no reason over 1000 people should be in the que as a norm for over a year now. i have gone into the que at 2000 and been cleared the following day and i have gone into the que at 2000 and waited over two weeks, their system for running background checks is clearly broken, I have had FFLs call to check on background checks and clearly the OSP checker was at home with dogs barking and kids playing in the background. no incentive to produce.
Welcome to covid customer service. I've been routed to 3rd world countries on two non related issues and heard phone representatives roosters going off in the background.
While it's not 100%, most people with CHLs are done in 30 mins. Granted they usually already have a gun as well so a long wait may not be a deterrent.
It is quite obvious that you and I have very different ideas.
