Internet gun sales in Oregon creating dangerous, unregulated market, report claims

[whereisjustice]

Ted Alcorn, the group's research director, said in a statement that the report shows the need for the Legislature to pass a bill expanding background checks to cover these gun transactions in Oregon.

The state now has a "vast, dangerous marketplace, where convicted felons and domestic abusers can buy guns with no questions asked," Alcorn said.

The group, which gave $200,000 to Democratic legislative campaigns last year, has been a major political force behind the background-check measure.

Senate Bill 941, which is headed for the Senate floor, would require that transactions between private sellers be conducted in the presence of a licensed dealer who would do a background check through the Oregon State Police.

(Note 941 was passed and effective starting Aug. 2015)

http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2015/04/internet_gun_sales_in_oregon_c.html

[HooptieWagon]

1. That 941 bill sounds like a very reasonable approach.

One that would even get the support of a good many gun owners.
edit: read further, I see it passed in August.