Work For The State Of Oregon? Your Governor Just Took Your Gun Rights Away…

By James England

SALEM, OREGON — On January 6th, civil servants and volunteers of the State of Oregon involuntarily ceded their right to self-defense after Gov. Kate Brown’s administrative department quietly enacted a new policy forbidding state employees from carrying firearms at work. State workers that require firearms for their positions are exempt from the new policy.

Only a few days after the policy was enacted, Republican lawmakers in the state began condemning it.

via Oregon Live

“The governor’s administration has no business confiscating self-defense rights from public servants, volunteers and others, who have committed themselves to serving our state,” Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, said in a statement.

The policy doesn’t apply to licensed concealed carriers visiting the state buildings and offices. It only applies to the people working within those offices. Gov. Brown’s administration claims the policy change came as a response to employees asking what they were supposed to do if they encountered another employee or volunteer carrying a concealed or openly carried handgun.

“I am extremely concerned to learn that our state government has taken steps that limit employees’ right to self-defense and believe that these actions may violate the Oregon Constitution,” McLane said in a statement.

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Source:: Concealed Nation