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
The 2nd Amendment is the only permit you need.
Isnt this a good idea ???
With all the secret blacklists many people don’t know they’re “prohibited.”
As it should be like this…. If there were more action against people who are not allowed maybe there would be less action against legal law abiding citizens! Why are the good always beating the weight of the bad????
why???
I recently got denied by the FBI via the store owner’s digital submission of my information. I am a legal citizen, I am not a felon, I am not a drug addict, and I was not dishonorably discharged from the military. I am currently in the appeals process. The system is clearly not perfect.
Every day people get denied an ok to buy a weapon only to have that reversed days later because they find out the flag on their name was not valid. Should we throw them in the clink while we wait to find out they were ok after all?
First off I failed bc I had another guy with the same name. Your telling me they should beat on my door? Embarrass me or possible lose my job over this?
I had to fight them to fix it!
Go after real criminals. This is silly