March 12, 2025: Appeals Court Lifts Hold on Measure 114, Ruling that Oregon Gun Law is Constitutional.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued a statement today, after an appeals court, a step forward in allowing the state to put critical gun safety protections into action.Measure 114 was passed by Oregon voters in November of 2022, but was put on hold after a Harney County Circuit Court Judge ruled that the voter-backed gun law violated the state constitution. Today, a three-judge panel with the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed that decision, reinstating Measure 114.

Measure 114 includes three common sense gun safety laws: First, it requires a permit to acquire guns. Permits are available to those who pass a criminal background check, complete a gun safety course, and who are not a danger to themselves or others. Second, it closes the “Charleston Loophole” that currently allows firearm transfers to proceed if a background check takes more than three days. Finally, it restricts magazines that can carry more than ten rounds of ammunition.

Even with today’s decision, the law will not go into effect immediately. Procedural rules give the challengers 35 days to seek further appellate review of the decision.