Now that Universal Background Check legislation has passed there are still things that need to be done instead of moaning and groaning over it.
Time to develop some plans.
Time to develop some plans.
First order of business are the recalls.
Does the OR new law have any timeframe requirements?
"n 2011 we packed up our household goods, loaded them on a truck, left New York and moved to Oregon. Our kids and grandkids were in Oregon, and we wanted to be close to the family. We have watched and been amazed at the total willingness of the people of Oregon to sell out their rights to own a firearm, to protect their families and homes, to buy into a east coast snake oil salesman's spiel. New York has some of the strictest guns laws in the nation, yet the killing and shootings continue at a high level, even with these strict laws in place.
Groups like Moms Demand Action, Ceasefire Oregon, Every Town, would have you believe there is a magic pill, a quick cure for the violence. They point to Background checks as their solution. A way to keep guns out of the hands of felons. If this was true then New York would be one of the safest places on earth for gun violence. To own a pistol in New York, you must have a Pistol Permit, you must go through an extensive investigation to obtain the permit. First you are Fingerprinted, Photographed, you must provide three character witnesses, pay a $250 dollar fee and wait for six moths while the paperwork clears before issuing the Pistol Permit. Then you can buy and carry a pistol. All firearms pistols, rifles and shotguns purchases must go through a Federally Licensed Firearms dealer or FFL. With all these Background Checks and safeguards built into the system, No felon should be able to carry or acquire gun and the statistics should be close to zero on gun homicides. In September 2014 Police Officer Daryl Pierson was shot and killed while involved in a foot pursuit of a suspect following a traffic stop.The man that Officer Pierson was chasing had been paroled only three weeks prior while serving a sentence for attempted armed robbery, armed with an illegal gun. Officer Pierson was a veteran of the National Guard and had served with the Rochester Police Department for eight years. He is survived by his wife and two children.
If the Background Checks actually worked,we should see a significant reduction in firearms homicides, and with the strict controls in New York, we should see the numbers approaching Zero
The numbers from just two upstate New York cities
Buffalo NY in 2014 after the passage of the Safe act had 51 firearm homicides
Rochester NY 34 murders in 2014 after SAFE was passed
Buffalo NY in 2013 before the Safe act was passed had 35 firearm homicides.
Rochester NY 42 murders in 2013 after SAFE was passed
Buffalo NY in 2012 before the Safe Act was passed had 41 firearm homicides.
Rochester NY 36 murders in 2012 before SAFE was passed
Buffalo NY is a city of 259,959 with the suburbs bringing the population to approximately 1.15 million
Rochester NY Is a city of 250,000 with suburbs brining the population to approximately 750,000
Oregon population approximately 3,000,000 3 million.
According to FBI crime statistics the whole state of Oregon had
92 Murders and non negligent Manslaughters in 2012
80 Murders and non negligent Manslaughters in 2013
Still unknown number of Murders and non negligent Manslaughters in 2014
All these numbers to show that even the most stringent laws. Do not keep felons from getting guns, or lowering murder rates.
News story Oregonian May 15, 2015
PORTLAND, Ore. -- An Oregon felon with 12 convictions was in possession of several rifles he had assembled by buying separate parts online.
According to a news release from Portland Police, 58-year-old David Delker was arrested by Gresham Police in March, after police found two AR-15 rifles in his car during a traffic stop. One of those rifles had an illegal short barrel; neither had serial or manufacturer numbers.
The war on alcohol in the 1920s was an abysmal failure, the war on drugs is an abysmal failure. Why do these gun control advocates like MDA and Ceasefire, Senators Burdick and Prozanski, think their war on guns will be any different? All they do is make the gun a more desirable commodity for gangs and other criminal enterprises. The price of a gun goes up, the illegal guns flood the black market because of the price increase, the turf wars start as the gangs try to gain a greater market share, the homicides increase and the level of violence increases. If you really want to see the inner city areas of Oregon's cities become ghost towns after dark, pass strict gun laws, disarm the law abiding citizens, and prepare for the worst level of homicides you can imagine, we saw it in Rochester, in Buffalo, and we will see it in Portland.
All this time money and effort to pass a law that most Oregon Sheriffs and law enforcement officials say is unenforceable, and will accomplish nothing except to target law abiding citizens. I suggest a new slogan on the yellow stickers.
" Background checks target law abiding citizens, the felons ignore them "
First order of business are the recalls.
JSH1
I'm assuming your gun shop is in Liberal, Democrat Portland? Forgive me if I'm mistaken. And if so, none of those patrons would be able to vote for or against the politicians the recall petitions are targeting?
Also a WA resident. Too bad the dog doesn't seem to care what the flee wants.Funny thing is, people have gone on with business as usual here in WA. Garage sales, flea markets, face to face transactions, etc are all either ignorant of I594 or they just dont care. Then again, there hasnt been 1 single arrest/prosecution for it either. Maybe the majority of Sheriff dept's will refuse to enforce OR's new law, like they have done here in WA. Yes, the underlying problem is still there, but its nice to have law enforcement despise a junk law as much as their citizens do.
Here in WA, we have the Puget Sound bordering counties making all of our states decisions. Its like a flea telling a dog what to do. Its ludicrous.