Oregon: Floor Vote TODAY on Ballot Measure 114 Override Bill - LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ACTION!

Today, HB 4154 is scheduled for third reading and a vote on House Bill 4145, the Ballot Measure 114 override bill. This is the last opportunity for Second Amendment advocates to oppose this bill in the House; do not let it go to waste! It is critical that all NRA members and Second Amendment advocates contact their Representatives NOW and urge them to OPPOSE HB 4145 on the floor!

HB 4145 would legislatively implement an override of the ballot measure with the following major changes that were NOT approved by the voters:

1. Doubles the amount of time for state bureaucrats to issue the required permit to lawfully purchase a firearm from 30 days to 60 days.
2. Increases the cost for the permit by more than 130%, from $65 to $150, a clear attempt to make lawful gun ownership unobtainable through financial barriers.
3. Carves out on and off duty law enforcement from the permit requirement and magazine capacity limitations, creating different classes of people for lawful firearm ownership.
4. Changes the implementation date of the magazine ban and permit requirements.
5. Includes a government maintained de facto registry of firearm owners, with their personal data and fingerprints to be shared with the FBI.

HB 4145 received significant public backlash in the House Judiciary Committee. The bill was overwhelmingly opposed by the public, and the process and advancement of the bill has endured criticism from both pro-second amendment supporters and anti-gun groups. 

Ballot Measure 114 has been subject to several legal challenges since narrowly passing, receiving just 50.1% of the vote in 2022. NRA's legal challenge, Eyre v. Rosenblum, remains active in the 9th Circuit.  HB 4145 is an attempt by the legislature to override the will of the voters and superimpose additional gun control measures. HB 4145 will do nothing to address criminal misuse of firearms, but instead will escalate costs and bureaucratic red tape for law-abiding gun owners. 

Stay tuned for more alerts to oppose this bill that will make lawful ownership of firearms so costly and burdensome that criminal possession will become the only reality.