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Oregon State Police

Communications Director Mindy McCartt • 6 days ago 

Oregon State Police Firearms Instant Check System (FICS) Update- Oregon. The Oregon State Police (OSP) is aware that the public has many questions regarding Ballot Measure 114. The Oregon Secretary of State’s office notified OSP that Ballot Measure 114 will go into effect at 12:00 a.m. on December 8, 2022.  The Oregon State Police is working very closely with the Department of Justice, the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association and the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police to assess the required processes that need to be completed to implement this law. For the month of November 2022, approximately 63% of the requests received into the OSP Firearms Instant Check System (FICS) unit have been approved. The remaining transactions must be evaluated by an OSP employee to determine what caused the person to be kicked out of the automated process.  If applicable a manual correction can be made, and the application can be approved. Here are some important notes to consider when submitting for a Firearms purchase or transfer that could exclude you from the automated process: If you have ever been arrested or convicted of a crime in Oregon or any other state. If you have incomplete or incorrect information listed on federal ATF Form 4473 Potential Fix- Double-check the information for accuracy. If your registered DMV address does not match the address listed on federal ATF Form 4473 Potential Fix- Update your personal address with DMV. This unit has been working through these extreme firearms request volumes and will continue to process them as quickly as possible. The FICS unit’s hours of operation is set in Oregon Revised Statute (ORS), and largely determined by retail hours.  FICS is open and processing background checks from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., seven days a week 363 days a year with only Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day off.

For more information about the Oregon State Police’s Firearms Instant Check System (FICS) including how to complete a Firearm Pre-Purchase Self-Assessment Questionnaire click here: https://www.oregon.gov/osp/programs/cjis/Pages/Firearms-Instant-Check-System.aspx

Oregon’s Nanny State

 Those who voted Yes on Measure 114 don’t trust you.  They will say it isn’t you - that the gun control measure is just to prevent crazies from getting firearms, but if that is what they really believe, they are kidding themselves.  Law-abiding gun owners don’t need more laws to keep others safe; those who don’t follow laws don’t care what the laws say.  Cross your fingers that legal challenges to the new law will succeed and our 2nd amendment rights will be restored.  What else can theDems take away from us?  ALOT!  

Oregonlive

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• The Oregonian/OregonLive.com

A newly filed federal lawsuit argues Oregon’s Measure 114, due to go into effect next month, violates the Second Amendment. Read the full text of the complaint, filed by the Oregon Firearms Federation, below.

Text of lawsuit as filed in federal court.

The plaintiffs seek a court-ordered injunction that would bar the measure from becoming law and a court ruling that Measure 114 is unconstitutional. If a judge isn’t inclined to prevent the entire measure from taking effect, the plaintiffs ask that the court in the alternative at least bar the restriction on gun magazine capacity.

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