A voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Tuesday, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure.

The law requires people to undergo a criminal background check and complete a gun safety training course in order to obtain a permit to buy a firearm. It also bans high-capacity magazines.

The plaintiffs in the federal case, which include the Oregon Firearms Federation, have appealed the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case could potentially go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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    1 year ago

    I assume you agree with SCOTUS on Dredd Scott and ending Roe v. Wade since that’s what makes things right.

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      It doesn’t matter what I think about Supreme Court decisions, I am neither a lawyer nor a judge. They rule the way they rule, it’s up to smarter people than me to work around that.

      I could see, in the wake of Roe v. Wade, a modern underground railroad shuttling women from red states to get the proper care they need. Some states are already attempting to block that, but then that would run afoul of “freedom of movement.”

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law

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        Got it. “I am not a lawyer or a judge, so I can’t say if Dredd Scott was a bad decision.”

        I think the rest of us can figure out that not letting slaves go free was a bad decision despite not being lawyers or judges.