Oregon state troopers are now being called on people who fail the background checks to purchase a firearm.
Officials state that it’s a crime for people who can’t buy a gun to attempt to purchase one. Up until now they have let the law sit on the books, but that’s changing as they have begun enforcement.
Oregon state troopers are now being dispatched when a person tries to buy a gun but fails the background check. It comes after critics complained that state laws that ban certain categories of people from buying guns were not being enforced.
It’s a crime for convicted felons or people with certain known mental health problems to attempt to buy a gun. But until recently not much happened in Oregon if someone tried to skirt the law. That’s now changing, according to an internal state police training bulletin obtained by the gun rights group, Oregon Firearms Federation. Its director, Kevin Starrett, says he’s talked to two upstanding gun buyers who were questioned by state troopers after being inexplicably rejected by the background check computer.
“What they’re doing is a ridiculous waste of time, but they’re doing something and we’ve got to do something, and this is something so this is what we’re going to do,” said Starrett.
Source: nwpr.org
Photo: Curtis Perry
Absolutely !!!!!
The constitution already made this clear! The RIGHT of the people to keep and bear arms shall NOT BE INFRINGED, and government was NEVER granted the authority to decide on OUR rights, or who may exercise them!
Gun control ‘laws’ are ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL! I wish those of you who always agreee with government would take a little time and READ the bill of rights, as well as the entire constitution. Nowhere in that document does it grant such powers to ANY government, or agency!
These are OUR rights, they are not granted by government, and are NOT permissions, they are RIGHTS granted ONLY to the people by the constitution, and the constitution is the SUPREME LAW of this nation.
If government can take away our rights, then the bill of rights should have been written as the bill of privileges, but it was NOT!
It is very easy to obtain a firearm on the streets. There is a black market out there and all the criminals know this.
The old saying is “you only catch the dumb ones” is so true….
Guilty until proven innocent, ahhh no what a minute. Innocent till proven guility!! Big Mr o overreach.
Bull$#%&!@* gun control laws. $#%&!@*ing Nazi’s
That was the law all along,now you jackoffs are gonna work,if i woulda known you werent checking i woulda bought some,im a felon.
Yes sir, that sounds like the Oregon I left! That’s pronounced “Oinkagon”, it’s where “Porkland” is, the home of officer “Pig”!
I am legally able to purchase, let them come, it will be cleared up. I want them to arrest people illegally purchasing guns!
I still by what got to be bought.
STUPID ASSED BASTARDS
just go to the black market….DUH $#%&!@* the police……..