Oregon Judge Hands Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement its First Legal Defeat

Oregon's Ballot Measure 114 has been upheld.

Conservative sheriffs in Oregon are going to have to follow state laws and regulations after their attempt to create separate laws for gunowners in their counties.

An Oregon judge ruled yesterday that local governments cannot declare themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries.

Chief Judge Jim Egan of the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the sheriffs did not have the authority to create sanctuaries that "create a patchwork quilt" of firearms laws in Oregon.

In the first of its kind case challenging conservative sheriffs for making their own local gun laws Judge Egan said they were embracing "racist and white nationalist ideologies."

In his ruling Judge Egan wrote, "The arguments propounding unfettered access to guns, ammunitions, and implements of destruction give rise to waging of war on government because the proponents believe that our government is infected by those they hate."

It was a rare defeat for the Second Amendment sanctuary movement's cult groups like Gun Owners of America and the Oregon Firearms Federation.

The thing I find most fascinating is that with Oregon's racist history it's the first state to stand up to the extreme conservative's sanctuary movement. Who would have guessed?

As it stands, it's always good to see gun safety laws upheld in the endless battle with the NRA.