Bill Text: OR SB659 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to firearm safety devices.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB659 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB659-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1669

                         Senate Bill 659

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT, CONSUMER AND SMALL
  BUSINESS PROTECTION

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Prohibits manufacturing, selling or rebuilding firearm without
chamber load indicator.
  Prohibits manufacturing, selling or rebuilding semiautomatic
pistol without magazine disconnect mechanism.
  Prohibits removing or disabling chamber load indicator or
magazine disconnect mechanism.
  Punishes violation by maximum of one year's imprisonment,
$6,250 fine, or both. Punishes subsequent violations by maximum
of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
  Becomes operative January 1, 2013.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to firearm safety devices.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) It is unlawful for any person to
manufacture or sell:
  (a) A firearm, unless the firearm is equipped with a chamber
load indicator.
  (b) A semiautomatic pistol, unless the semiautomatic pistol is
equipped with a magazine disconnect mechanism.
  (2) It is unlawful for any person to rebuild:
  (a) A firearm, unless the firearm is rebuilt with a chamber
load indicator.
  (b) A semiautomatic pistol, unless the semiautomatic pistol is
rebuilt with a magazine disconnect mechanism.
  (3) It is unlawful for any person to:
  (a) Remove a chamber load indicator from a firearm or otherwise
render the indicator inoperable.
  (b) Remove a magazine disconnect mechanism from a semiautomatic
pistol or otherwise render the mechanism inoperable.
  (4) A chamber load indicator described in this section must:
  (a) Be readily visible;
  (b) Contain incorporated or adjacent explanatory text or
graphics; and
  (c) Provide notice to a reasonable person, without reference to
any resource other than the firearm itself, whether a cartridge
is in the firing chamber.
  (5)(a) Any person who violates this section commits a Class A
misdemeanor.

  (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, any
person who violates this section commits a Class C felony, if the
person has a previous conviction for violating this section.
  (6) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Chamber load indicator' means a device that plainly
indicates that a cartridge is in the firing chamber of a firearm.
  (b) 'Firearm' has the meaning given that term in ORS 166.210,
except that it does not include a revolver.
  (c) 'Magazine disconnect mechanism' means a mechanism that
prevents a semiautomatic pistol that has a detachable magazine
from operating to strike the primer of ammunition in the firing
chamber when a detachable magazine is not inserted in the
semiautomatic pistol.
  (d) 'Semiautomatic pistol' means a pistol, the operating mode
of which uses the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to
extract a fired cartridge and chamber a fresh cartridge with each
single pull of the trigger. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) Section 1 of this 2011 Act becomes
operative on January 1, 2013.
  (2) Section 1 of this 2011 Act applies to firearms
manufactured, sold or rebuilt on or after January 1, 2013. + }
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