The Oregon Legislature has sent to the governor’s desk a bill that would ban devices that enable guns to fire rapidly, such as bump stocks and auto sears.
The legislation, passed by state lawmakers on June 27, would also give local governments the authority to prohibit people from carrying a concealed handgun into designated public buildings and set a date for the implementation of the state’s Measure 114 gun law, which has been in litigation since 2022.
Oregon joins 17 other states that have banned rapid-fire activators, which enable a shooter to repeatedly operate the trigger, and more than two dozen that prohibit auto sears, which can allow an operator to shoot continuously by a single function of the trigger….