Representatives Say US Supreme Court Gun Case Could Impact Oregon.

This article includes a video from the Heritage foundation's director whose remarks echo those of the Oregon lawmakers.

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(SALEM, Ore.) - The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on the strictest gun ban in the country, and state lawmakers say the outcome could have implications here in Oregon.

"Whatever the decision by the high court, it could be the most significant Second Amendment case in our nation’s history," said State Representative Linda Flores (R-Clackamas).

She and State Representative Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer, Newberg, St. Paul) put their names on a brief supporting a challenge to Washington, D.C.’s 32-year old ban on handguns.

The pair joined 120 other women legislators from across the country on a special amicus brief filed by the National Rifle Association. The brief reads in part, "the District’s current prohibition against handguns and immediately serviceable firearms in the home effectively eliminates a woman’s ability to defend her very life and those of her children against violent attack."

"Oregonians have always been very protective of their second amendments rights," noted Thatcher. "However, I fear if the high court doesn’t rule in our favor, opponents of gun owner rights will be out in full force trying to change Oregon law."

This is only the second time in the past 70 years that a firearms case has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1976 the District of Columbia outlawed handguns, carrying firearms within the home and possession of a loaded or operable firearm. A security guard named Dick Heller challenged the law, claiming it violated his constitutional right to keep and bear arms. He won at the lower court level but the city appealed. A decision by the Supreme Court could come as early as this summer.

Representatives Flores and Thatcher have both served on the House Judiciary Committee and have both sponsored legislation in recent years to preserve gun owner rights in Oregon.

In the video below, Todd Gaziano, director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, explains why D.C.'s extremely restrictive gun control laws are unconstitutional.

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I believe the Supreme Court will hand down their decision on this matter in June. If the vote is either 5/4 or 6/3 see this as a significant election platform for both major parties. The next president will probably appoint 2 to 3 justices, and many people will vote 2nd Amendment over party politics. The Bill of Rights is about our individual rights that protect us from the government, when you have judges who treat this Bill of Rights as simply nothing more than a piece of paper subject to change at their whim, then people will band together to see that this will not happen. I predict this will be one of the top 3 issues during the election.

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The primary issue in this 2nd Amendment matter is why it is so important to have judges that follow the Constitution. This issue may play a big part in this years election, on every level. Which party would it favor?

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