FPC Battles Oregon’s Ban On Self-Built Firearms

The state of Oregon has a ban on homebuilt firearms, and the Firearms Policy Coalition has a problem with that—and they’ve announced they’re going to fight it in court.

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A year-old ban

Just over a year ago, Oregon’s legislators passed House Bill 2005, calling it a ban on so-called “ghost guns.” Leaving the Scooby Doo descriptions aside, what the bill really did was ban Oregonians from building their own firearms. HB2005 made it illegal to own or sell a firearm without a serial number (punishable by fine as a non-criminal offense). They also made it illegal (punishable as a felony) to manufacture or sell an “undetectable” firearm, in an effort to target firearms 3D-printed from plastic. Ownership of such firearms would only be considered a misdemeanor.

Now, the Firearms Policy Coalition has announced its intention to fight HB2005 with a federal lawsuit.

The FPC announcement

The news came via the FPC’s website where president Brandon Combs said the law is an unconstitutional restriction of peaceable Oregonians’ rights: “In this motion, FPC and our partners are asking the Court for a reasonable measure to prevent innocent people from losing their property or facing jail time for exercising their rights.”

Their argument says that under the Supreme Court’s Bruen ruling in 2022, the state of Oregon must justify HB2005 by “demonstrating that it is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. Oregon cannot do so because there is a rich tradition throughout the Nation’s history in favor of self-built arms.”

You can see the FPC’s case here.