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 04.15.09
CHL PRIVACY BILL MOVES OUT OF COMMITTEE WITH MASSIVE AMENDMENTS.
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Happy tax day.
Today, thousands of Oregonians gathered on the steps of the
Capitol and demanded a return to rational government.
Despite what some mainstream media outlets have reported, the
crowd was tremendous and enthusiastic. Inside, a bill
of great importance to many Oregon gun owners was being rendered
unrecognizable.
House Bill 2727, a bill OFF has been working on since before
the current session began, passed out of the House
Judiciary Committee today.
The bill in no way resembles the original, clean and simple
bill that Representative Kim Thatcher worked so hard and long
to produce.
The bill is now a much longer, more complicated measure with
far fewer protections for gun owners. While we believe that
the bill as amended won't hurt gun owners, in many respects
it was simply a great leap...sideways.
The bill is no longer a "gun owners" bill. Now it
simply empowers sheriffs to withhold license holders' personal
information if they want to, and release it if they want to.
The amendments, written by Democrat Judy
Stielger, leave far to many options for abuse.
The amendments were adopted by the entire committee with the
exception of Representative Kevin
Cameron who supported the original bill and took a principled
stand and voted NO on the amendments. We applaud Representative
Cameron for standing up for gun rights and we want to thank
Representative Kim Thatcher for months of hard work. She tried
her best to pass the best bill she could. In the end, politics
won out over policy.
The bill now moves to the full House.
Tomorrow, the House
Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a work session
on HB
2991, a bill which would exempt CHL holders from background
checks for firearms purchases. Based on how this session has
unfolded, that bill could easily be pulled from the schedule.
We will let you know.
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