Oregon passes bill banning gun ownership for people with domestic violence convictions

[RandySF]

The Oregon legislature passed a bill Thursday banning anyone with a domestic violence conviction from owning a firearm, according to KOIN 6 local news station.

The state has banned those with domestic violence or stalking convictions from owning guns since 2015, but a loophole in the law allowed abusers who aren’t living with, married to or have children with the victim to have their guns, according to OregonLive.

The state’s House of Representatives passed the bill 37-23 last week — one day after the mass shooting at a Florida high school. The state Senate approved it 16-13 on Thursday.
Advocates for the new bill say that closing the loophole will protect women who could shot by abusive partners they are not married to.

"A person who assaults their boyfriend or girlfriend is no less guilty of domestic violence than someone who assaults their husband or wife," House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson (D) told OregonLive.


http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/375144-oregon-legislature-passes-bill-banning-people-with-domestic-violence

[Sophia4]

1. Excellent!

[samnsara]

2. Oh this will make the Bundy clan et al mad as hornets

[Kaleva]

3. This covers a loohole in the federal law.

[angstlessk]

4. But they can purchase in other states?

and bring them into Oregon?

[raven mad]

5. There's been a law on the books here in Alaska like that for about 40 years.

It don't work.

[RandySF]

6. Oregon is not Alaska.

[raven mad]

7. LOL! My husband's birth state, and where his folks lived for a long long time -

no, it's crazier! I loved visiting but darned if I could live there! It was really fun. We were in the Roseburg area, and I swear I saw more open-carry there than when they opened up in Fairbanks!

[joem777]

8. Great!