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
Ok this story is bs! If you a back ground check it’s cause you are a felon or a domestic assault against and your not allowed to own a firearm! Which case you broke the law trying to buy one! Get your facts right.
Go after the illegals.
What’s wrong with following the law, I don’t think felons and criminals ought to be able to purchase arms. Just because we have the second amendment, does not mean you have the right to bear arm if you have a criminal history. people need to wake up.
Personally, there should be NO background check in ANY state, nor should ANYONE be disqualified from owning a firearm. I believe the Constitution specifically states, “….the RIGHT to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT be INFRINGED” – it doesn’t state “shall not be infringed unless…” which part of SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED do some people, especially our so called (corrupt) “leaders” not understand?
That’s my State for you. Sometime I think they want to be just like California. Sorry sending a State Trooper to your door is an EXTREAM reaction for a failed background check. As it could be due to a simple mistake, spelling error ext. Send the State Police back out the Highways!
Welcome to the police state of America.
File suit for harassment if jt is a computer glitch.
They should be out looking for gangs and illegals ,Instead they looking at Americans?Where are all these orders coming from?
Here come the Brown Shirts. Wake up America.
Monger move away from this free country. Your too stupid