Oregon Gun Owners Still Wait as Measure 114 Ruling Stalls

More than a year after hearing oral arguments, the Oregon Supreme Court still hasn't ruled on Measure 114, leaving the state's permit-to-purchase and magazine-ban law in legal limbo for gun owners and retailers alike.

Snapshot

The court heard arguments on November 5, 2025, over Measure 114, the gun-control referendum voters narrowly approved in 2022. A county judge struck it down as unconstitutional, an appeals court reversed that ruling, and the case has sat with the state Supreme Court ever since, with no decision and no deadline to issue one.

Key points

• What's at stake: Measure 114 would ban magazines over 10 rounds for most uses, require background checks to clear before transfers, and create a permit-to-purchase system with training, fingerprinting, and fees up to $65.
• Legislative patch: Lawmakers pushed the measure's effective date to January 1, 2028, after Senate Republicans threatened a walkout over a proposed fee hike to $150 and a longer approval window.
• Possible reason for delay: Bearing Arms' Cam Edwards suggests the court may be waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court's handling of Duncan v. Bonta and related magazine-ban cases, Viramontes and Grant, though nothing requires that wait.
• Federal case on hold: A related federal lawsuit has been paused in the Ninth Circuit since 2023, tied to the same pending Supreme Court cases.

Quick take

Edwards argues the delay leaves Oregon gun owners and law enforcement agencies without clarity on rules that would reshape how firearms are bought and owned in the state. He contends the court owes the public a timely answer, win or lose, especially since federal litigation could still upend the law even if the state court upholds it.

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