Federal Judge Upholds Oregon Law Banning Large Ammunition Magazines, Requiring Permit to Buy Guns

[Watchman]

A federal judge has upheld a voter-approved Oregon law that bans large ammunition magazines and requires permits to buy guns.

U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut wrote in a 122-page opinion published late Friday afternoon that all parts of Oregon’s Measure 114, approved by voters last year, are constitutional. But the law remains on hold because of an ongoing court case in Harney County, where a trial is scheduled for September.

Measure 114, which narrowly passed last fall, would ban making, selling or buying ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. It also would require people to take a firearm safety course and pass a background check to receive a permit to buy a gun. And it would close a loophole in federal gun law that allows people to buy guns without a completed background check if it takes more than three days to process a background check. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE