Oregon asks judge to delay permit-to-purchase requirement of Measure 114

By Lee Williams

by Lee WilliamsThe hypocrisy of Oregon Measure 114 proponents is on full display.Among the components of the new voter-approved ballot initiative that many view as unconstitutional is a permit-to-purchase, which requires an “in-person demonstration before an instructor certified by a law enforcement agency,” in addition to a background check, fingerprints, a photograph and any “additional information determined necessary by state police rules.” It also bans the importation and possession of standard-capacity magazines.But law enforcement won’t be ready by Dec. 8 when the law takes effect, and they likely won’t be ready anytime soon.Oregon Assistant Attorney General Brian Marshall claimed earlier this month that if Measure 114 is delayed, people will most certainly die.“Delaying implementation of this constitutional policy while the merits are litigated would likely result in unnecessary deaths,” Marshall argued in a court brief, adding it would prevent the state from trying to “reduce the risk of a massacre within its borders.”But in a court filing Friday, Marshall had changed his mind. Evidently, unnecessary deaths and massacres were no longer a concern, because he is asking the judge to delay the law.In his response to one of four lawsuits asserting Measure 114 is unconstitutional, Marshall wrote that “the State

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