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The imposition of background checks on private gun transactions could be an infringements of Second Amendment Rights. Hence a good court case might be able to challenge this rule.
Also, the law can be repealed either by a new legislature or by the voters.
We have to decide whether we want to take one of these approaches, or all three.
For starters, we need to see if we there is an opportunity for a recall initiative on one or more legislator who signed this bill.
Secondly we can start to gather the signatures to get a repeal on the ballot. If a strong public campaign were waged, Oregon voters might be swayed to strike a vote for personal freedom. If the emergency provision pre-empts the referendum, then we need to challenge that stupid provision in court.
Thirdly, we have to set up an entrapment situation, and create a plaintiff who can challenge the law as well.
All this would take funding, a careful and intelligent public campaign, and a long term effort. The legislature turns over every other year; there is no reason we have to accept this nonsense.
How about this is a campaign strategy: raise enough funds to buy a few thousand compact handguns. Announce that the handguns will be given for free to any qualified adult woman in Multnomah county who is a registered Democrat. Explain that this is on a first come first serve basis, and it is intended to help women protect themselves. We will, however, not do a background check. Then let the anti-gun lobby explain why it is better for these women to abdicate their Second Amendment rights. This scenario would also make the public aware of how much liberty law abiding citizens lost recently. We might seriously change the perception of gun ownership in the state.
Also, the law can be repealed either by a new legislature or by the voters.
We have to decide whether we want to take one of these approaches, or all three.
For starters, we need to see if we there is an opportunity for a recall initiative on one or more legislator who signed this bill.
Secondly we can start to gather the signatures to get a repeal on the ballot. If a strong public campaign were waged, Oregon voters might be swayed to strike a vote for personal freedom. If the emergency provision pre-empts the referendum, then we need to challenge that stupid provision in court.
Thirdly, we have to set up an entrapment situation, and create a plaintiff who can challenge the law as well.
All this would take funding, a careful and intelligent public campaign, and a long term effort. The legislature turns over every other year; there is no reason we have to accept this nonsense.
How about this is a campaign strategy: raise enough funds to buy a few thousand compact handguns. Announce that the handguns will be given for free to any qualified adult woman in Multnomah county who is a registered Democrat. Explain that this is on a first come first serve basis, and it is intended to help women protect themselves. We will, however, not do a background check. Then let the anti-gun lobby explain why it is better for these women to abdicate their Second Amendment rights. This scenario would also make the public aware of how much liberty law abiding citizens lost recently. We might seriously change the perception of gun ownership in the state.
