A voter-approved Oregon gun control law violates the state constitution, a judge ruled Tuesday, continuing to block it from taking effect and casting fresh doubt over the future of the embattled measure.
The law requires people to undergo a criminal background check and complete a gun safety training course in order to obtain a permit to buy a firearm. It also bans high-capacity magazines.
The plaintiffs in the federal case, which include the Oregon Firearms Federation, have appealed the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case could potentially go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
But I thought it was a Right not a right*
Rights can be removed for criminal behavior. This is why we have prisons.
So you agree that even “absolute” rights should definitely have limits and be denied to certain people and we’re just arguing about where that line should be then?
So does the Supreme Court, they just haven’t found a restriction they approve of yet.
The next ones to watch would be the one on domestic abusers. Or the one on drug users.
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/07/1208501397/supreme-court-guns-domestic-abusers
https://apnews.com/article/gun-ban-drugs-federal-appeals-hunter-biden-f26f8b7488615785602003932efd881a
In the case of the former, I hope they uphold it.
In the case of the latter, I hope they make an exception for states where marijuana is legal.
But with this court, who knows what they’ll do?