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Off target: BM 114 missing the mark
GUEST COLUMN: Clifton G. Harrold, Lane County Sheriff
First, I would like to thank you for your support and understanding of the logistical difficulties the passing of Ballot Measure 114 has created for law enforcement agencies.
Many questions have arisen as to what will happen to the rights of gun owners in Oregon with the passing of Measure 114.
For the record, I believe BM 114 to be an unconstitutional restriction on the right to possess firearms, and I believe that the U.S. Supreme Court has already indicated as much in its review of other states’ laws of similar nature.
That said, I also believe that the founding fathers of the USA specifically designed a three-part governance system so that no one person was given any kind of supreme power. In our three-part system, the judicial branch is charged with the responsibility to declare a statute or act as unconstitutional.
