Judge Keeps Oregon’s Strict Gun Control Measure on Ice

Harney County Circuit Judge to Rule on Temporary Restraining Orders by Jan. 3

An Oregon Many predict that gun control measures will be adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court. However, they remain in uncertainty.

Circuit Court Judge Robert Raschio stated that he would decide by January 3 whether to lift a temporary restraining (TRO) on Oregon Ballot Measure 114’s requirement that a background check must be done before a firearm can sell or be transferred.

Earlier this month, Raschio issued a TRO on the measure’s permit-to-purchase provision and its ban on magazines that carry 10 or more rounds. Those TROs still stand.

Ballot Measure 114, which was passed in November with only 50.7 percent of votes, was originally scheduled to go into effect Dec. 8, but it became effective Dec. 6 after a flurry lawsuits.

After Antifa members had smashed his truck lights at Salem, Ore. on March 28, 2021, a driver pulled out a handgun. Second Amendment activists say that if fully implemented, Oregon Ballot Measure 114 would adversely impact a citizen’s right of self defense. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Three hours after Federal Court Judge Karin J. Immergut denied relief in one of the four related Harney County cases, Raschio issued a TRO.

In his ruling, Raschio said the law violated the Oregon state constitution’s right to bear arms and that Oregonians would be “unable to lawfully purchase a firearm or bear a magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition in the State of Oregon.”

The Oregon Department of Justice immediately filed a petition asking the Oregon Supreme Court to vacate the lower court’s decision.

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