New law has taken effect in Oregon, requiring “unattended” guns to be locked in the home

[basquebromance]

New bill in Oregon requires unattended guns to be locked in the home

In Oregon, Senate Bill 554 has gone into effect, requiring unattended guns to be locked in the home and is now one of the toughest gun laws in the country

www.lawenforcementtoday.com

As the bill was being considered, opponents of gun lock requirements testified of having loved ones who had needed a gun for self-defense, but who were unable to access their firearm because it was locked. Lawmakers didn't care.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

Sounds like our guns need some attending to.

 

[JGalt]

Well this brings up an interesting challenge. I'm assuming that a firearm you're carrying or wearing wouldn't be construed as "unattended", right? So how many firearms could a person wear at a time, given enough holsters and slings? I'm guessing maybe 87 or so.

 

[2aguy]

Heller already addressed this.

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

I'm all about security, but there doesn't need to be a law mandating it.

 

[Otis Mayfield]

Legislators have brought guns into the Oregon State Capitol for personal protection. Protesters have carried semi-automatic rifles onto the grounds and into the building.

Later this year, doing so will be outlawed under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Kate Brown that was earlier passed by the Legislature, with Democrats in favor and minority Republicans opposed. The new law also mandates the safe storage of guns.

"Today, I am signing SB 554 with the hope that we can take another step forward to help spare more Oregon families from the grief of losing a loved one to gun violence," Brown said on Twitter.

The bill was named for Cindy Yuille and Steve Forsyth, who were slain in a shooting at a Portland-area shopping mall in 2012 by a man who stole a friend's AR-15 rifle. A third person was seriously wounded.

Among those who testified in favor of the measure was Paul Kemp, Forsyth’s brother-in-law.

“I will never forget the screams I heard when we had to tell my teenage nephew that his father had been killed at the mall,” Kemp said.

Oregon governor signs law on gun limitations, storage

Backers of the new law, which takes effect three months after the Legislature adjourns this summer, said it will prevent accidental shootings by children, suicides and mass shootings.

www.opb.org

Is this the same law?


I said "mass shootings" were driving gun control.

Looks like killing a few people at random will get gun legislation passed too.

 

[2aguy]

Legislators have brought guns into the Oregon State Capitol for personal protection. Protesters have carried semi-automatic rifles onto the grounds and into the building.

Later this year, doing so will be outlawed under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Kate Brown that was earlier passed by the Legislature, with Democrats in favor and minority Republicans opposed. The new law also mandates the safe storage of guns.

"Today, I am signing SB 554 with the hope that we can take another step forward to help spare more Oregon families from the grief of losing a loved one to gun violence," Brown said on Twitter.

The bill was named for Cindy Yuille and Steve Forsyth, who were slain in a shooting at a Portland-area shopping mall in 2012 by a man who stole a friend's AR-15 rifle. A third person was seriously wounded.

Among those who testified in favor of the measure was Paul Kemp, Forsyth’s brother-in-law.

“I will never forget the screams I heard when we had to tell my teenage nephew that his father had been killed at the mall,” Kemp said.

Oregon governor signs law on gun limitations, storage

Backers of the new law, which takes effect three months after the Legislature adjourns this summer, said it will prevent accidental shootings by children, suicides and mass shootings.

www.opb.org

Is this the same law?


I said "mass shootings" were driving gun control.

Looks like killing a few people at random will get gun legislation passed too.

It is a stupid law......simply designed to make morons feel better.....the AR-15 was stolen...which means if it was in a safe in the guys home the guy would have committed murder to get it or broken into the safe..

What they want to do is increase the cost for owning guns.....safes are not cheap...poor people who can barely afford their own gun, but need the gun the most since democrats keep releasing violent, murderous criminals into their neighborhoods over and over again, have little resources to begin with...

this is simply a way to attack poor people owning guns....

 

[M14 Shooter]

As the bill was being considered, opponents of gun lock requirements testified of having loved ones who had needed a gun for self-defense, but who were unable to access their firearm because it was locked. Lawmakers didn't care.

Per the USSC:

The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to self-defense) violate the Second Amendment ..... Similarly, the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional.

A legal requirement to lock up your guns violates the constitution.

 

[2aguy]

Per the USSC:

The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to self-defense) violate the Second Amendment ..... Similarly, the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional.

A legal requirement to lock up your guns violates the constitution.

Yep...this law is unConstitutional the moment they signed it....as per Heller....

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Yep...this law is unConstitutional the moment they signed it....as per Heller....

And McDonald v. Chicago. Heller was only about D.C. McDonald applied it to the states through the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.