New buyers rush to obtain guns (Oregon)

Lincoln City Homepage ^ | 04/16/2023 | Rick Beasley

[aimhigh]

Nearly 40,000 people who bought firearms in Oregon last weekend were driven to gun stores to beat a proposed new law that makes it harder to acquire handguns and rifles, according to a leading dealer in Lincoln County.

Senate Bill 348, which has many of the same restrictions of a successful ballot measure currently stalled in court, appeared to be headed toward approval by the Oregon Legislature at press time. “Together, these laws have expedited putting a million firearms into the hands of Oregonians who never planned to buy a firearm but thought they should because they felt their rights were being taken away from them,” commented Bruce Polvi, a licensed firearms dealer at Lincoln City Sporting Goods. “This is an end run around the courts, and in many ways it’s worse than Measure 114 that passed by less than a percentage point.”

By Tuesday afternoon, the backlog of background checks from a busy weekend of gun sales in Oregon had dropped to 13,858 from 40,000, reported Polvi after hitting a few keystrokes on his computer to connect with the Oregon State Police. The OSP is responsible for reviewing purchasers who fill out the seven-page application.

[rktman]

Just as long as they keep them locked up at the local cop shop everything will be otay? 😲

[monkeyshine]

The law of unintended consequences. They pass a new law making it harder to get a gun at some future date, and a million guns get sold before it becomes law. I wonder how the electric car mandate will work out?

Reminds me of what happened in California. We have a ban on magazines of more than 10 rounds- - can’t buy or sell or import or manufacture them here but if you already own one you can keep it. But a federal judge put a temporary restraining order on that ban for a couple of weeks. The state got flooded with magazines and millions of them were sold in just a couple of weeks.

[gundog]

By Tuesday afternoon, the backlog of background checks from a busy weekend of gun sales in Oregon had dropped to 13,858 from 40,000...

I’ve heard a two month waiting period is normal.

[gundog]

“Together, these laws have expedited putting a million firearms into the hands of Oregonians who never planned to buy a firearm but thought they should because they felt their rights were being taken away from them,”

Oregon has a population of just 4.25 million people 20 % are under 18, 10% are foreign born.

[Spok]

The same is happening in Washington state. As soon as Inslee signs the so called assault weapons ban, it will be law. We can only pray that a court challenge will prevail.

[PROCON]

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[Qwapisking]

A million firearms ÷ by the number of police needed to take those firearms equals ... it’s going to take a LOT more police! Ironic that it takes guns to take guns.

[PROCON]

As soon as Inslee signs the so called assault weapons ban, it will be law. We can only pray that a court challenge will prevail.

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[Carriage Hill]

“I wonder how the electric car mandate will work out?”

Not well, if they cut-off the flow of gas, and gas stations start going out of business in large numbers.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Just as long as they keep them locked up at the local cop shop***

This was suggested about 54 years ago by some guy called “The Swimmer, Ted Kennedy.”

One of the tyrants of Athens managed to disarm the citizens a couple of thousand years ago.
He wanted to make a declaration in which all citizens were compelled to show up armed.
He talked so low no one could understand him, so he had them come into the “Holy Place” where arms were forbidden. Everyone placed their weapons in a temple and were to retrieve them upon leaving.
When the people went to get their weapons they found the tyrant had placed his armed men and had seized the weapons.

[gundog]

Palmetto State Armory had prioritized shipments to WA. I see they’ve suspended shipment of serialized items as of the 13th.

[Twotone]

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[little jeremiah]

I have no doubt that this law will be overturned in courts just as the ballot measure is hung up. And eventually these will reach SCOTUS and they have overturned every gun restriction case so far.