Now Oregon Democrats Want Background Checks on Private Gun Sales

Imagine you want to sell a gun to your best friend you’ve known for let’s say 15 years, but first you pull out a bunch of forms for him to fill out and tell him he’s going to have to wait because, you know, it isn’t that you don’t trust the friend you are selling the gun to, it’s because the government is forcing you do to it here in the land of the free, home of the brave (read: land of the free, home of the slave).

That’s what Oregon Democrats are expecting in a new introduced a bill Thursday to require background checks on private firearm sales.

Via Washington Times:

Gun control supporters have tried unsuccessfully for years to expand Oregon’s background-check requirement to nearly all gun sales and transfers. They poured money into key legislative races last year and now face much stronger prospects with expanded Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate.

“I grew up in Texas, I’ve owned guns for 45 years. I bought my first shotgun when I was 15,” said Democratic Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a bill sponsor. “I think it’s appropriate, as most gun owners would agree, that we take reasonable steps to ensure bad people that are ineligible aren’t getting access to guns.”

A public hearing on the bill is scheduled for next Wednesday.

Two other key quotes:

“This bill allows me to give a gun to a first cousin who I may have not seen in 40 years without a background check. But I can’t give it to my best friend,” said Kevin Starrett, head of the Oregon Firearms Federation, a gun-rights group.

Yeah, because that makes sense… and:

The checks focus on convicted felons, people under indictment, the mentally ill, drug users, people under restraining orders, dishonorably discharged veterans and people in the country illegally. Not all states report mental health records to the system.

(Is marijuana still considered a “drug” in Oregon?)

Oregon would be the eighth state to pass universal background checks if this goes through.

Our 2nd Amendment rights really are being whittled away, aren’t they?

Because, you know, the majority of criminals who seek to get guns to commit crimes always follow every other law that isn’t their gun crimes, like completing a background check.

But hey, the State loves anything that will generate even more revenue via new fees and further transfer something that is a right into a privilege.