December 6, 2022 11:15 a.m.

Ballot Measure 114’s permit-to-purchase requirement is on hold for thirty days, but the rest of the law approved by Oregon voters will go forward, following a court decision Tuesday morning.

A 43-page ruling by United States District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut said the plaintiffs in lawsuits brought by the Oregon Firearms Association, three Oregon sheriffs and two gun-store owners had failed to show that they will suffer “immediate and irreparable harm” if the measure takes effect on Thursday.

Immergut said, “In light of the evidence of the rise in mass-shooting incidents and the connection between mass-shooting incidents and large capacity magazines – and absent evidence to the contrary regarding the role of large-capacity magazines for self- defense – Defendants are comparably justified in regulating large-capacity magazines to protect the public”.

The judge said those who already own or may inherit large-capacity magazines, can keep them under Measure 114.

Immergut said in light of the difficulties the State has conceded in terms of implementation of the permitting provisions at this stage, those provisions are stayed for thirty days. Parties are ordered to confer and report to the Court regarding any further postponement requests.

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum had asked that the permitting provision be delayed until February.

A release from the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police on Monday said they were not aware of any current training program that meets the requirements needed to get a permit-to-purchase.