Oregon Cattlemen Lodge Opposition To Gun Bill

By Tom Knighton

While the worst of Oregon’s gun control push is over, the state seems bound and determined to enact some form of gun control this legislative term. That’s to be expected from a state overrun with anti-gun zealots.

However, some are working to stop this from happening, including professional groups.

The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association urges its members to submit testimony in opposition to Oregon Senate Bill 978, an omnibus gun control package, which would require firearms be kept unavailable for self-defense and would expand bun[sic] free zones.

The bill legalizes age discrimination on gun purchases, penalizes theft victims if their guns are misused after being stolen, requires everyone to lock up their firearms regardless of circumstance and ends homebuilt firearms among other things.

There’s nothing remotely to like in this bill.

From a cattleman’s standpoint, I can see a number of reasons this would be problematic. For one, requiring guns to be locked up means they’re not available should the need arise to defend their herd from a predator. Further, ranches aren’t exactly in the city. That means help may be hours away, making ranches inviting targets to some of the worst excuses of humanity.

By requiring guns to be locked up, it means …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms