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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    11 months ago

    I didn’t say it was.

    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

    So we no longer find these truths to be self-evident, because they are in the wrong document? Fair point that the standing is therefore not equal. Nonetheless I quite value my life, and find it reasonable to expect my armed neighbors to be trained in a way to minimize the risk to me from from their 2A rights.

    Still true that exercising the 1st and 6th don’t empower you to kill any random person you see. The court’s argument is a false equivalence.

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      10 months ago

      No, because while the Declaration is a founding document, it has no legal bearing on the United States. It was literally declaring our separation from England and serves no purpose beyond that.

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        10 months ago

        So what about the rest of my comment?

        I kinda feel there’s a false equivalence there. I can’t kill arbitrary people as a result of exercising my first and sixth amendment rights.