Oregon Gun Laws
Gun Laws Overview
RIFLES & SHOTGUNS | HANDGUNS | |
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Permit to Purchase | No | No |
Registration of Firearms | No | No |
Licensing of Owners | No | No |
Permit to Carry | No | Yes |
The list and map below are included as a tool to assist you in validating your information. We have made every effort to report the information correctly, however reciprocity and recognition agreements are subject to frequent change. The information is not intended as legal advice or a restatement of law and does not include: restrictions that may be placed on non-resident permits, individuals under the age of 21, qualifying permit classes, and/or any other factor which may limit reciprocity and/or recognition. For any particular situation, a licensed local attorney must be consulted for an accurate interpretation. YOU MUST ABIDE WITH ALL LAWS: STATE, FEDERAL AND LOCAL. |
STATE STATUS | |
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Castle Doctrine | No Law |
No-Net Loss | No Legislation |
Right to Carry Confidentiality | Provisions Enacted |
Right to Carry in Restaurants | Legal |
Right To Carry Laws | Shall Issue |
Right To Carry Reciprocity and Recognition | None |
Right to Keep & Bear Arms State Constitutional Provisions | With Provisions |
Laws on Purchase, Possession and Carrying of Firearms
Purchase
A resident of this state may purchase or otherwise obtain a rifle or shotgun in a contiguous state (California, Idaho, Nevada or Washington) and receive in this state or transport into this state such rifle or shotgun, unless the purchase or transfer violates the law of this state, the state in which the purchase or transfer is made or the United States. MORE |
Possession
There are no permits for possessing shotguns, rifles, or handguns. It is unlawful for a felon to possess any firearm except:
*It is strongly encouraged that you consult with a licensed attorney prior to possession if you believe that you qualify for this exception. |
Carry
It is unlawful to carry concealed upon the person or concealed about one's person in a vehicle any firearm unless one has a license to carry a concealed weapon. MORE |
Preemption
OR. REV. STAT. ANN. §166.170 (2011) |
Antiques and Replicas
Antique firearm includes any firearm manufactured in or before 1898, any replica of such firearm not designed or redesigned for fixed ammunition, or a replica that uses fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the U.S. and not readily available in ordinary channels of commercial trade. MORE |
Machine Guns
It is lawful to possess a machine gun provided it is registered in conformity with federal law and if the person has in the person's immediate possession documentation showing that the machine gun, short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun or firearms silencer is registered under federal law. |
Range Protection
OR. REV. STAT. ANN. §467. 131 (2012) |
Miscellaneous
It is unlawful to set any loaded spring gun, except for the purpose of destroying gophers, moles and other burrowing rodents. MORE |
Wednesday, August 1, 2001
An employee at a doctor's office in Eugene, Ore., shot an intruder who broke into the locked office ...
Friday, April 27, 2001
The anti-gunners at the State Capitol in Salem are at it again! They are looking at every single ...
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
SHORTLY AFTER THE OCTOBER 9 NRA-ILA SPECIAL OREGON FAX ALERT WAS SENT OUT, THE FOLLOWING CLARIFICATION WAS SENT ...
Friday, September 1, 2000
A wheelchair-bound Vietnam War veteran was in his apartment early one morning when another man apparently drunk and ...
Saturday, April 1, 2000
Gun-wielding murder suspect Marc Mealey Holcomb, Jr., had already been shot by one armed citizen when he thrust ...
Friday, January 1, 1999
After one of three men apparently thought that Steven J. Serrao of Bend, Oregon, was staring at him ...
Friday, January 1, 1999
Jim Gentry's 7-year-old grandson had been playing in the yard at his grandparents' Athena, Oregon, home--located in an ...
Thursday, October 1, 1998
A Lebanon, Oregon, resident swung into action at around 11 o'clock one evening shortly after four uninvited "visitors" ...
Thursday, October 1, 1998
After Timothy Abbott noticed an unknown man in the back yard of a neighbor's residence, he confronted the ...
Wednesday, July 1, 1998
As nurse Jim Shaver, 49, walked to his job early one morning in Eugene, Oregon, two men, ages ...