The police agencies tasked with enacting Oregon's gun control law say they don't have enough time or resources to create a permit-to-purchase system by the Dec. 8 deadline.
of the law's training requirement after police said they would not be prepared to issue permits by Dec. 8, meaning all gun sales would cease.challenging the constitutionality of the measure and is expected to decide soon whether the law should be postponed.
"One of the nuances of this ballot measure that's really unclear to us is who's responsible to do that training," said Skinner, who serves as president of the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police, which represents police agencies across the state.
That argument convinced the Oregon Department of Justice to ask the judge to allow Oregonians to complete firearms purchases without a valid permit for two months, but keep the Dec. 8 start date for all other parts of the measure, including restrictions on large capacity magazines and the process of applying for a permit.
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