Quote:Senate Bill 868 allows police or family members to request that a court force you to relinquish all firearms based on the accusers perception that you are dangerous to yourself or others. It does not require that you have committed a crime, it does not require that you have been convicted of a crime, and one of the indicators that you are “dangerous” is that you have purchased or attempted to purchase a firearm or ammunition in the last 180 days. Of course, this bill contains nothing that would allow for a person who really was a danger to himself to access any kind of help.”

Quote:This bill will require that local police come to your home and confiscate your firearms if a family member tells a judge that they think you are dangerous or suicidal. It also allows any police officer to make the same accusations about you to a judge. The police officer does not need to know you or even have ever met you.

Quote:Elections have consequences.

Achieving a long sought after goal of the left, a woman’s right to free and unfettered abortions, Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Kate Brown will sign legislation accomplishing just that.

The bill represents a sweeping, unprecedented change in state law that will require insurers to provide free abortions to all residents, to include illegal immigrants, The Washington Times reported. No Republicans voted for the bill.

“The ability to control our bodies and make informed decisions about health are critical to providing all Oregonians the opportunity to achieve our full potential and live productive, thriving lives,” Brown explained in an email, according to The Times.

“Attempts to deny access to contraceptives and family planning are an attack on all Oregonians, particularly women of color, low-income and young women,” she added.

But there’s little truth to the liberal gobbledygook Brown is spouting, considering Oregon has the least-restrictive abortion laws in the nation.

Quote:The Oregon legislature passed two bills Thursday decriminalizing small amounts of six hard drugs, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy.

The first of the two bills now headed to the governor’s desk, HB 2355, decriminalizes possession of the drugs so long as the offender has neither a felony nor more than two prior drug convictions on record, according to the Lund Report. The second, HB 3078, reduces drug-related property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

Republican State Sen. Jackie Winters claimed the war on drugs as it currently exists amounts to “institutional racism” due to how more frequently minorities are charged with drug crimes than whites.

“There is empirical evidence that there are certain things that follow race. We don’t like to look at the disparity in our prison system,” Winters said during a hearing. “It is institutional racism. We can pretend it doesn’t exist, but it does.”

The second bill reduces mandatory minimum sentences for many property crimes and also increases the number of previous convictions necessary for a felony charge. It provides $7 million in funding for diversion programs to help lower Oregon’s prison population.

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

(07-10-2017 09:36 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  More on Oregon

Oregon Poised To Decriminalize Meth, Cocaine And Heroin

Quote:The Oregon legislature passed two bills Thursday decriminalizing small amounts of six hard drugs, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy.

The first of the two bills now headed to the governor’s desk, HB 2355, decriminalizes possession of the drugs so long as the offender has neither a felony nor more than two prior drug convictions on record, according to the Lund Report. The second, HB 3078, reduces drug-related property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

Republican State Sen. Jackie Winters claimed the war on drugs as it currently exists amounts to “institutional racism” due to how more frequently minorities are charged with drug crimes than whites.

“There is empirical evidence that there are certain things that follow race. We don’t like to look at the disparity in our prison system,” Winters said during a hearing. “It is institutional racism. We can pretend it doesn’t exist, but it does.”

The second bill reduces mandatory minimum sentences for many property crimes and also increases the number of previous convictions necessary for a felony charge. It provides $7 million in funding for diversion programs to help lower Oregon’s prison population.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/07/oregon-poised-to-decriminalize-meth-cocaine-and-heroin/

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

(07-10-2017 09:51 AM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

When it comes to things that are not constitutionally enumerated rights then I don't tend to care what another state does.entitlements they choose to and fund them in the manner which they feel works best.

But when you start to go down the path of putting into law things that violate rights, then I tend to care a bit.

(07-10-2017 09:41 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

Because if it's allowed to stand in one state, fsquid... other states can then go in and say "it's legal there, so it's going to be approved here".

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

(07-10-2017 11:02 AM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 09:51 AM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

When it comes to things that are not constitutionally enumerated rights then I don't tend to care what another state does.entitlements they choose to and fund them in the manner which they feel works best.

But when you start to go down the path of putting into law things that violate rights, then I tend to care a bit.

Except you do. Otherwise why tell me, and others how little you care?

(07-10-2017 09:41 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

Because if it's allowed to stand in one state, fsquid... other states can then go in and say "it's legal there, so it's going to be approved here".

(07-10-2017 12:05 PM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 11:02 AM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 09:51 AM)Bull_Is_Back Wrote:  

(07-10-2017 09:24 AM)fsquid Wrote:  Just curious, if you don't live in Oregon, why do you care? I live in Florida and really couldn't care less what Wisconsin does. Two totally difference demographics.

When it comes to things that are not constitutionally enumerated rights then I don't tend to care what another state does.entitlements they choose to and fund them in the manner which they feel works best.

But when you start to go down the path of putting into law things that violate rights, then I tend to care a bit.

Except you do. Otherwise why tell me, and others how little you care?

Someone asked a question, in bold above, I answered it (a part of that is in bold as well). Is that too hard for you to follow? Or was is the phrase "I don't tend to" that screwed you up?

I also don't care if it rains today, but if someone sayd "do you think it will rain today" I might look out the window and give my opinion.