Oregon is one of the most restrictive states for carry permit reciprocity. It does not recognize any permits from any other state. There are eight other states that are as restrictive. They are Hawaii, California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Most are the last hangers on to the old "may issue" permit system, where the right to carry is not just subject to fees, classes, background checks, and waiting for government permission, but is subject to some, often unelected, bureaucrat's feelings and attitudes toward you and your lifestyle. Rhode Island is the only other state listed as Shall Issue, and as restrictive of reciprocity as Oregon.
Oregon and Rhode Island are, by far, the "shall issue" states with the most restrictive reciprocity arrangement. Some in Oregon are trying to change that to benefit people both inside and outside of the State who wish to exercise their second amendment rights. From bendnewstoday.com:
House Bill 3093, which legalizes cross-state line carrying of a gun by those who have a license for it, passed the House in Salem Thursday. This bill would provide reciprocity for individuals from other states who also have a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) permit from another state to legally carry in Oregon, as well as provide for reciprocity for Oregon residents carrying in other states.HB 3093(PDF) still has a long way to go to become law. The next step will be a Senate committee. No one knows what Senate committee the bill will be assigned to. Then it will go to the full Senate, and finally to the Governor for signature, if it is to pass.
Oregon is one of only seven states where both houses and the governorship are controlled by Democrats, a trifecta. All seven Democrat trifecta states refuse to allow any reciprocity. Because this bill passed 57-1, in a Democrat controlled House, I wonder if it might actually become law. Could it overcome the Democrat predilection to pass, extend, or keep any restrictions on gun ownership and use, no matter how silly?
Oregon's lack of reciprocity has been an outlier for more than a decade. Now that all 50 states have some form of carry permit, even if it is only "pro-forma" as in Hawaii, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., there is even more pressure to reform the highly restrictive law.
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There is currently no law that permits any state to deny entry of any American citizen. No state line is capable of denying any citizens federally guaranteed rights. Just crossing a state boundary does not eliminate your federal right to self defense. No state has the power to stop your freedom of speech or your right to attend church. Thus they have no authority to stop you from entering their state with your firearms. All Americans have freedom of movement throughout this country, Our right to self defense travels with us. Our freedom of speech and freedom of religion , our right to due process and every other guaranteed right travels with us, guaranteed by the federal constitution that is the supreme law of this land. It is above all state constitutions and state laws.
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