Oregon: Legislature Adjourns Sine Die

By NRAHQ

Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- On Saturday, March 3rd, the Oregon Legislature adjourned sine die from its 2018 Legislative Session.

Regretfully, one bill infringing upon your Second Amendment rights in Oregon passed the legislature and was signed by Governor Kate Brown on March 5th:

House Bill 4145 expands the class of persons in Oregon that could be prohibited from possessing firearms. This legislation changes existing law so that a broader definition of “family and household members” would be applied to firearm prohibitions for certain misdemeanor offenses and protective orders. In addition, the legislation adds the misdemeanor of stalking to the list of offenses that would result in the removal of Second Amendment rights. The misdemeanor offense of stalking under Oregon statute requires no finding that the individual is a credible threat, and furthermore, requires no use of force or even attempted use of force. Oregon defines this offense to include alarming another individual through unwanted contact.

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