Think Out Loud

Oregon gun safety measure on hold for now


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Oregonians passed Measure 114 in November. It would ban the manufacture, purchase or sale of high capacity magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. It would also require people to take a safety course and pass a background check to get a permit allowing them to purchase a firearm. But that was just the beginning of a story that may well not be complete for years, as as the law is challenged in state and federal courts and the Oregon Department of Justice defends it. On Wednesday a federal court allowed the law to move forward as written, with a 30-day hold on the permitting process that the attorney general had asked for to get the system ready. On the same day a state court in Harney county put the law on hold. Now the DOJ is asking the Oregon Supreme Court to lift that hold and let the law go into effect Thursday. Michael Kron, special counsel to the state attorney general, joins us to give us the latest.
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