A Harney County judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Oregon from enforcing gun control Measure 114, ruling it infringes on the constitutionally protected right to bear arms.
At trial, the judge barred the state from offering testimony from family members of mass shooting victims on the impact of their loss, testimony about the effectiveness of other states’ permit-to-purchase programs or physician testimony on the increased lethality of multiple gunshot wounds from shootings involving large-capacity magazines.
The state is expected to appeal the ruling and the case will likely end up before the Oregon Supreme Court.
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