According to The Associated Press, an Oregon gun law that was recently passed will not go into effect on Thursday as a result of a high court decision by Chief Justice Martha Walters of the Oregon Supreme Court.
According to the article, Walters turned down Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s plea to lift a hold on the statute.
Several lawsuits were filed against the measure, known as Ballot Measure 114 after it was passed in Novemberr.
According to the AP, Rosenblum’s request aimed to reverse a lower court decision made by Harney County Judge Robert Raschio that put a stop to the law’s execution on Tuesday.
The proposed constitutional amendment, if passed, would enact some of the harshest gun laws in the nation, requiring background checks, weapons instruction, fingerprinting, and permission for the purchase of all firearms.
“Magazine capacity restrictions and permitting requirements have a proven track record: they save lives!” Rosenblum said in a statement, the AP reported. “We are confident the Oregon Constitution — like the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution — allows these reasonable regulations.”
After Oregon voters passed the ballot measure by slim margins during the midterm elections, several lawsuits were filed claiming the measure was unconstitutional.
The lawsuits were brought by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Oregon State Shooting Association, Mazama Sporting Goods, the Oregon Firearms Federation, the Sherman County Sheriff’s Department, the Second Amendment Foundation, and the Firearms Policy Coalition, alleging that the measure violates the Second Amendment rights of the plaintiffs.
“This ballot proposition has flaws that must be addressed. NRA Oregon state director Aoibheann Cline previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “Forget that it is scheduled to take effect before Oregon even certifies the election, but it requires potential gun owners to take a class that has yet to be created, at a cost that has not yet been determined, so that they can obtain a permit that doesn’t actually give them permission to purchase a firearm.”
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