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   2009 ORS § 166.170¹
State preemption

(1) Except as expressly authorized by state statute, the authority to regulate in any matter whatsoever the sale, acquisition, transfer, ownership, possession, storage, transportation or use of firearms or any element relating to firearms and components thereof, including ammunition, is vested solely in the Legislative Assembly.

(2) Except as expressly authorized by state statute, no county, city or other municipal corporation or district may enact civil or criminal ordinances, including but not limited to zoning ordinances, to regulate, restrict or prohibit the sale, acquisition, transfer, ownership, possession, storage, transportation or use of firearms or any element relating to firearms and components thereof, including ammunition. Ordinances that are contrary to this subsection are void. [1995 s.s. c.1 §1]

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    News Reports

  • Concealed carry law leads to controversy for Oregon colleges, universities External_link_icon
    UM Maneater / Elissa Chudwin, Oct 11, 2011
    “The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a policy, thereby allowing college students to carry concealed weapons at all seven of its public universities Wednesday, Sept. 28. . . .”
    http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2011/10/11/concealed-carry-law-leads-controversy-oregon-colle/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQARgAIAAoATAAOABA_bvP9ARIAlgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=OIaJMz8b1Ew&usg=AFQjCNERNrKxF8Ia9y-oApcbj60yxpTKgg
  • Concealed weapon ban on campuses invalid, says court External_link_icon
    Corvallis Gazette Times, Sep 28, 2011
    “In a unanimous decision . . . the court decided that the law was invalid because Oregon Revised Statute 166.170(1) takes precedence.”
    http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_6d3fafc6-ea1a-11e0-a084-001cc4c03286.html
  • Guns prohibited on campus External_link_icon
    PSU Daily Vanguard / Virginia Vickery, Feb 19, 2010
    “Rule may contradict state law, campus en­force­­ment policies vague. ”
    http://www.dailyvanguard.com/guns-prohibited-on-campus-1.2161303
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1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 166—Offenses Against Public Order; Firearms and Other Weapons; Racketeering, http://­www.­leg.­state.­or.­us/­ors/­166.­html External_link_icon(2009) (last ac­cessed Mar. 8, 2010).
 
2 OregonLaws.org contains the con­tents of Volume 21 of the ORS, inserted along­side the per­tin­ent statutes. See the preface to the ORS An­no­ta­tions External_link_icon for more information.
 
3 OregonLaws.org assembles these lists by analyzing references between Sections. Each listed item refers back to the current Section in its own text. The result reveals relationships in the code that may not have otherwise been apparent.
 
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