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
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Now how nice after they have broken our laws murdered and robbed our people
Amen James
What part of shall not be infringed says there are disqualifications?
Exactly James Allen
People (men and women) who have been treated for mental illness, have had PFA’s, are not citizens of USA and felons are not allowed to purchase firearms of any type. Being unstable or a criminal has a lot to do with legal firearm ownership whether your in prison or not..
Unless yer a felon
Wrong once you serve your time and pay your debt to society you are once again a free man and once again you have your rights guaranteed to you in our cons$#%&!@*ution
Covicted felon
No bruce. I bet without google you dont even know when that uncons$#%&!@*utiinal law p$#%&!@*ed. Those rights we have we were born with given to us by God no man can ever take them away no matter what.
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