Gun Sales Skyrocket After Oregon Passes Measure Restricting Gun Rights

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Gun sales have skyrocketed in Oregon since the narrow passage of a strict gun control measure in last weekโ€™s midterm election.

As gun sellers scramble to fill orders before the rule change on Dec. 8, opponents are planning to file suit against what they call the most restrictive gun control measure in the country. Several sheriffs around the state have vowed not to enforce the new legislation.

With just three weeks until Measure 114 takes effect, background checks to purchase a gun jumped from about 850 per day before the election to 4,000 per day after, according to Oregon State Police.

The new law, in addition to limiting sales of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, will require buyers to obtain a permit to purchase any firearm. To obtain that permit, the measure requires buyers to complete firearms training in a class that does not yet exist in the state. It also requires law enforcement to create a publicly accessible database of those who apply for or obtain a permit.

The measure passed with just 50.7 percent approval. The disparity of votes is consistent with Oregonโ€™s extreme urban-rural divide.

Voters in the seven, mostly urban, predominantly Democrat counties that voted for the measure did so by a nearly 2-1 margin. Voters in the 29, mostly rural counties, rejected the measure by nearly the same ratio.

Multiple lawsuits will be filed after the law takes effect, Leonard Williamson, a licensed firearms dealer for 20 years who helps advise gun rights groups, told The Epoch Times.

โ€œPlaintiffs representing the interests of different constituenciesโ€”such as gun dealerships and hunters associationsโ€”will file,โ€ he said.

โ€œUltimately, the court will likely consolidate them under one judge.โ€

Lawyers advising the Oregon Firearms Federation, the Second Amendment Foundation, the Oregon Hunters Association, and other gun rights advocates, will seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the measure from taking effect until a judge can determine if it meets constitutional muster.

Byย Scottie Barnes

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