SALEM, Ore. — Today, surrounded by Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed into law the state’s new ban on rapid fire devices, a major victory in the fight to keep machine-gun-like firepower off Oregon’s streets. SB 243 will prohibit the sale and possession of dangerous rapid fire devices and machine gun conversion devices. This law will take devices like bump stocks and Glock switches, which are small illegal attachments that can turn a standard handgun into a machine gun, out of Oregon communities.
The new law also empowers local governments to prohibit firearms in certain municipal buildings, helping protect civic spaces where Oregonians should feel safe participating in public life.