Oregon Senate Democrats passed a bump stock ban late last week and the legislation also allows local municipalities to ban the carry of firearms in buildings where public meetings are held.
A bump stock ban once existed at the federal level but the Supreme Court of the United States struck it down on June 14, 2024.
In the majority opinion for the bump stock decision, Justice Clarence Thomas made clear the ban faltered in claiming bump stocks turn semiautomatic firearms into machine guns:
Semiautomatic firearms, which require shooters to reengage the trigger for every shot, are not machineguns. This case asks whether a bump stock—an accessory for a semi-automatic rifle that allows the shooter to rapidly reengage the trigger (and therefore achieve a high rate of fire)—converts the rifle into a ‘machinegun.’ We hold that it does not…
Oregon Public Radio reported that Democrats in the Oregon Senate pushed their bump stock ban through by “[arguing] that such devices ultimately make semi-automatic weapons into machine guns.”
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KTVZ 21 quoted state Sen. Anthony Broadman (D) saying, “These are accessories that turn otherwise legal firearms into machines of mass casualty, and they serve one purpose to fire as many rounds as quickly as possible.”
The ban, contained in SB 243, now heads to Oregon’s House.
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