Forgot to mention Oregonians, that Williamson also has sneakily scheduled a work session on HB2505 for 04-08 WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING. This is another "lock them up bill" that already has Supreme Court Case Law against parts of it. This was apparently scheduled before the cut offs, but the OLIS notification was not sent out until 1803 hours last night.

Anyone wishing to submit written testimony on this bill can do so here. hjud.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov
hjud.exhibits@oregonlegislature.gov

 

Morning all.

 

Good Thursday morning Andy and those to follow.
I get to drive from Astoria to Cloverdale and back today.

 

Good morning Andy and Chris. It’s a bit wet out there today.

 

Good morning...

 

I got my bookshelf done yesterday. It’s about half full of kids books now.

 

Good morning Oregon and everyone everywhere else. 44.5, overcast and rain showers.

Supposed to go to court this morning. I'll have to double check. I don't see the case on the docket for this morning. They were talking about a plead deal, but wanted me there for any type of court proceeding this morning.

New camper should be getting here any day now. Haven't gotten a hard date yet though.

 

Morning all.

Thanks Jim, OFF posted the sign in sheet for the hearing on FB. Way more opponents to the bill than for. People came from all over the state. I've been writing my reps and senators and submitting my testimony via email. Just got to keep fighting.

 

Morning Rich. The sign up sheet is strictly for those who wish to testify. A great many others were there to "show the colors" and not to testify. I didn't check OFF yesterday and it's been a few days since I've been on Facebook. I did get notification from OLIS on Williamsons cable lock, gun safe bill that pretty much mirrors the Senate version we testified on Tuesday except it tightens up time frames and penalties.

Keep your eyes open. They still have place holder bills in place in both the house and Senate that they can add too or just do another "Gut and Stuff" on. 978 that we testified on Tuesday morning now has two additional amendments added to it.
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/201...endments/SB978

Still have not gotten an explanation from the Senators or Representatives on the Kemp cable lock / lock box / safe portion of the bills. They want to be able to lock us up for a year if we don't have the guns disabled unless we have them on our person and yet that is settled case law....I guess that since they flagrantly flaunt and ignore Federal Laws on Marijuana and Illegal Aliens, they think they can be a Rogue Government and flagrantly ignore any other Federal Law or Settled Case Law from SCOTUS that they want to.

Syllabus

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ET AL. v. HELLER

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

No. 07–290. Argued March 18, 2008—Decided June 26, 2008



District of Columbia law bans handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns; provides separately that no person may carry an unlicensed handgun, but authorizes the police chief to issue 1-year licenses; and requires residents to keep lawfully owned firearms unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock or similar device. Respondent Heller, a D. C. special policeman, applied to register a handgun he wished to keep at home, but the District refused. He filed this suit seeking, on Second Amendment grounds, to enjoin the city from enforcing the bar on handgun registration, the licensing requirement insofar as it prohibits carrying an unlicensed firearm in the home, and the trigger-lock requirement in sofar as it prohibits the use of functional firearms in the home. The District Court dismissed the suit, but the D. C. Circuit reversed, holding that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess firearms and that the city’s total ban on handguns, as well as its requirement that firearms in the home be kept nonfunctional even when necessary for self-defense, violated that right.

Held:

1. The handgun ban and the trigger-lock requirement (as applied to self-defense) violate the Second Amendment. The District’s total ban on handgun possession in the home amounts to a prohibition on an entire class of “arms” that Americans overwhelmingly choose for the lawful purpose of self-defense. Under any of the standards of scru*tiny the Court has applied to enumerated constitutional rights, this prohibition—in the place where the importance of the lawful defense of self, family, and property is most acute—would fail constitutional muster. Similarly, the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional.

 

Did you see where the county commissioners approved a 2nd Amendment Resolution affirming the constitutional right yesterday? You can see the reso on KLYC's FB page. It's actually decently crafted. I think they did a good job on it. Even states the county will not spend any resources to enforce any such laws.

 

Good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else.
Court today was a bust. Scum bag was given a continuance until May 2nd.

No I hadn't seen that today. I spent most of the afternoon (after court) reading over amendments and bills being scheduled for work sessions without public hearing and bills that make absolutely no sense other than to be place holders for other sneaky shenanigans and amendments.

I'll go find it and read it. So much for Casey. He was supposed to contact me so I could help work on that. I saw Mary Starrett at the Capital a week ago last Tuesday and we had a pretty good discussion. Casey's ears were probably burning.

 

Found it Rich. A little easier to read here https://www.co.yamhill.or.us/sites/d...0packet_1.pdf.

Meeting minutes and signed resolution hasn't seemed to post yet.

The Mac Rag sheet sure did an nasty number on us in their OP Ed. I don't get the rag sheet, but my sister called and told me what a nasty revolutionary "Che" Guevara milita a hole we are. Actually I never liked "Che" so just call me Ernesto! A real brief summary would be that we are Revolutionary militia most likely of communist descent that have to right to waste county commissioners / tax payer money at the county level!

 

Morning all and happy Friday!

 

Morning Andy and those to follow.
Made it to Friday now to get through the day.

 

Good morning everyone.