Oregon Gun Owners

It's Time to Stop Senate Bill 978   Senate Bill 978, the sweeping anti-gun bill Oregon legislators are trying to push through is currently sitting in the Senate Rules Committee. These anti-gun Bloomberg-backed legislators are launching a direct attack on our Second Amendment rights and trying to make gun owning Oregonians felons. Now is the time to act. We need you to contact your Senator and tell them that responsible gun owners are not the problem! Among other...

Senate Bill 817, which is mainly a firearms storage bill, is being sponsored by Senator Burdick and Representative Williamson. SB 817 would: Make it a Class A misdemeanor for “unlawful storage of a firearm” if: the person leaves a firearm in a location that a person should reasonably know that a minor under 17 years of age is likely to gain access A minor gains access to the firearm AND the minor Possesses it in a public...

Currently, potential ballot measures are still pending official review. Your Oregon Gun Owners team will be tracking these measures as they progress and keep you up to date! PRO-GUN Initiative Petition 6/Initiative Petition 11 The School Gun Safety Act (IP 6) and The Firearms Safety Education Act (IP 11) have both been filed for review. These measures are nearly identical and would establish a firearms safety class for sixth graders in Oregon public schools, with the option to...

In 2018, Washington State voters passed I-1639, which increases the age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21, toughens background checks, enacts "safe storage" laws, and substantially increases the workload of the police. In response to I-1639 passing in Washington, 12 Washington State county sheriffs and one police chief have stated that they will not enforce I-1639. This functions in a similar way to Oregon's Second Amendment Preservation Ordinances (SAPO) that have been passed in 13...

While both IP 43 and IP 44 were soundly defeated in 2018, anti-gun activists are reintroducing a very similar initiative petition the 2020 elections. IP 16 would ban most semi-automatic firearms and severely restrict legal magazine sizes. Additionally, it would effectively ban almost all popular accessories, including some used for hunting. IP 16 was filed by a lawyer and activist from Salem. As this issue develops, OGO will keep you updated. To read the full text of...