Oregon Measure Could Force Citizens Register Certain Guns

By Tom Knighton

Time and again, the majority of gun control supporters claim that they’re not coming after our guns. They swear they just want a few “common sense” measures that will reduce gun violence. If you continue to argue that gun control will eventually turn into gun confiscation, they accuse you of wearing tinfoil on your noggin.

But a measure out of Oregon could require some to do pretty much that. If it gains any steam.

A proposal to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines in Oregon has been submitted as a ballot initiative petition intended to prevent mass shootings.

Filed by an interfaith religious group in Portland, Initiative Petition 42 would also require legal gun owners to surrender or register their assault weapons or face felony charges, according to language released Tuesday.

The group said it aims to get enough signatures to put the measure before voters in the November general election. They would need 88,000 signatures by July 6 to get the measure on the ballot.

The proposal defines an assault weapon as any semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine, and any feature like folding or telescoping stock, or that can accept more …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms