71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 2169
 
                         House Bill 2673
 
Sponsored by Representative CLOSE (at the request of David
  Amesbury)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Creates exception to prohibition against carrying concealed
firearm for unloaded firearms that are carried in securely locked
containers.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to carrying unloaded firearms in locked containers;
  amending ORS 166.260.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 166.260 is amended to read:
  166.260. (1) ORS 166.250 does not apply to or affect:
  (a) Sheriffs, constables, marshals, police officers, whether
active or honorably retired, parole and probation officers or
other duly appointed peace officers.
  (b) Any person summoned by any such officer to assist in making
arrests or preserving the peace, while said person so summoned is
actually engaged in assisting the officer.
  (c) The possession or transportation by any merchant of
unloaded firearms as merchandise.
  (d) Active or reserve members of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Coast Guard or Marine Corps of the United States, or of the
National Guard, when on duty.
  (e) Organizations which are by law authorized to purchase or
receive weapons described in ORS 166.250 from the United States,
or from this state.
  (f) Duly authorized military or civil organizations while
parading, or the members thereof when going to and from the
places of meeting of their organization.
  (g) A corrections officer while transporting or accompanying an
individual convicted of or arrested for an offense and confined
in a place of incarceration or detention while outside the
confines of the place of incarceration or detention.
  (h) A person who is licensed under ORS 166.291 and 166.292 to
carry a concealed handgun.
  (2) Except for persons who are otherwise prohibited from
possessing a firearm under ORS 166.250 (1)(c) or 166.270, ORS
166.250 does not apply to or affect:
  (a) Members of any club or organization, for the purpose of
practicing shooting at targets upon the established target
ranges, whether public or private, while such members are using
 
any of the firearms referred to in ORS 166.250 upon such target
ranges, or while going to and from such ranges.
  (b) Licensed hunters or fishermen while engaged in hunting or
fishing, or while going to or returning from a hunting or fishing
expedition.
   { +  (c) Persons who carry unloaded firearms in securely
locked containers. + }
  (3) The exceptions listed in subsection (1)(b) to (h) of this
section constitute affirmative defenses to a charge of violating
ORS 166.250.
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