2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 Gun retailers react to ‘assault weapon’ sales ban initiative must collect about 88,000 signatures by July 6 to go before voters in November. Should the petition make it to the ballot and get approved by voters, people who legally bought the types of guns the petition seeks to restrict would have to register those weapons and pass a back- ground check, requirements that have also prompted criti- cism from gun retailers. Violating the law would be a felony. At issue for gun retailers is the definition of “assault weapons,” which the peti- tion describes in detail as semi-automatic rifles, pis- tols or shotguns with certain features. As an example, the mea- sure would ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles that have the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and include any of eight features, such as a pistol grip, a fold- ing stock or a shroud around its barrel that allows the user to hold the rifle steady with- Concerns that measure is too broadly written By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE Capital Bureau SALEM — As students and their supporters marched in communities across the country against gun violence on Saturday, Oregon gun retailers claim a citizen ini- tiative petition intending to restrict the sale of so-called “assault weapons” is too broad. One of the petitioners, though, maintains that the petition was written in con- sultation with gun owners and is intended to boost pub- lic safety. The group, which filed an updated petition Thursday, wants to get a ban on the sale of certain semi-automatic guns with specific features on the statewide ballot. They ‘Assault is an action, not a class of firearm.’ Scott Bryce co-founder of GunRunner Arms in Junction City Christopher Oertell/Pamplin Media Group Oregon gun retailers claim a citizen initiative petition in- tending to restrict the sale of so-called ‘assault weapons’ is too broad. out burning their hand. It would ban the sale of any semi-automatic pistol or rifle “with a fixed maga- zine, that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition.” Karl Durkheimer, who owns Northwest Armory, a retailer with locations in Portland and Tigard, said that he was still trying to figure FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 45 52 43 Cloudy with a shower Cloudy with a passing shower ALMANAC 53 39 Remaining cloudy with a touch of rain Low clouds Last New Apr 8 Salem 44/54 Newport 44/51 Coos Bay 41/56 First Apr 15 Apr 22 Baker 32/56 Ontario 37/63 Bend 29/55 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 4:37 a.m. 5:34 p.m. Low 2.8 ft. -0.1 ft. 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Lo 53 34 38 31 33 43 43 11 65 49 36 53 55 64 68 60 70 37 41 38 43 41 50 43 43 DUII •At 12:18 a.m. Saturday, Samantha Jo Gassner, 31, of Seaside, was arrested by Sea- side police on Franklin Street near Avenue U and charged with driving under the influ- ence of intoxicants. •At 1:43 a.m. Sunday, John Olsen, 58, of Scappoose, was arrested by Seaside police on 12th Avenue near The Prom and charged with DUII. •At 2:41 p.m. Sunday, Cindy Curl, 57, of Seaside, was arrested by Seaside police on the 1510 block of Roos- evelt Drive and charged with DUII. The car she was driving allegedly hit a telephone pole, and she attempted to flee after the accident. Her blood alcohol content was 0.17 percent. •At 8:15 p.m. Sunday, John Coetzee, 57, of Warrenton, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office and charged with DUII and reckless driving. tuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. March, 20, 2018 MORLEY, Kelly Renee, 55, of Silverton, formerly of Knappa, died in Keizer. Virgil T. Golden Funeral Services of Salem is in charge of the arrangements. acy Reign Knutson, born at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Ruby Knutson of Warrenton, and LuAnna and Walter Erick- son of Rainier. ON THE RECORD REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend tributed the gun, the licensed dealer that sold the gun, and the purchaser. About 70 per- cent of the ATF’s traces are successful, according to a July 2016 report by indepen- dent news organization The Trace. Ron Redding, owner of Guncrafters, a Salem retailer, argued that the statute change sought by petitioners could hurt gun manufacturers, and claimed that banning the sale of weapons as specified in the petition would merely create a black market for them. Petitioners say that their intent is to protect public safety. Rev. W.J. Mark Knutson, senior pastor of Augustana Lutheran Church in Port- land and initiative petition campaign chairman, said the campaign has members who are gun owners and were con- sulted in the crafting of the petition’s language. Rather than banning what he characterizes as assault weapons outright, Knutson said, the petitioners sought to grandfather in legally pur- chased guns in a way that respected the rights of gun owners. “This is not a campaign against anybody,” Knutson said. “It’s a campaign to pro- tect our children and public safety in Oregon.” Knutson pointed to the advent of seat belts as an example of when American society adapted to protect public safety. Burns 28/55 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Hi 49 38 51 53 44 53 67 27 81 50 56 65 70 69 84 61 82 48 78 47 55 48 64 48 51 John Day 36/56 La Grande 38/55 Roseburg 41/62 Brookings 42/62 Tonight's Sky: Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 229,352 miles. 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Trace Month to date ................................... 3.11" Normal month to date ....................... 6.13" Year to date .................................... 21.72" Normal year to date ........................ 23.52" Mar 31 51 40 FRIDAY REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 50°/32° Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40° Record high ............................ 69° in 1934 Record low ............................. 27° in 1996 Full THURSDAY out how much of his inven- tory would fall under the peti- tion’s definition of an assault weapon. He expressed doubts that the measure was written by someone familiar with firearms. “As someone who has sold guns, been a gun dealer for over 25 years, and been collecting guns since I was 16 years old, it’s not written by people who have very much gun knowledge,” Durkheimer said in a phone interview. Scott Bryce, co-founder of GunRunner Arms in Junc- tion City, likewise objected to the use of the term “assault weapon” in the petition. “Assault is an action, not a class of firearm,” Bryce said. This was a common crit- icism among Oregon gun dealers contacted by the EO Media Group/Pamplin Media Group Capital Bureau, who distinguish between fully automatic and semi-auto- matic weapons. The former have gener- ally been illegal for civil- ians under federal law for decades. An automatic weapon fires continuously when you pull the trigger once. By contrast, a semi-automatic weapon fires a single shot when you pull the trigger and automat- ically reloads between shots. Many “modern” guns sold and collected are semi-auto- matic guns. Durkheimer was also skeptical of the initiative petition’s provision for cre- ating a registry for people who own those certain types of guns and having them go through a background check. The way it works now, a person who wants to pur- chase a gun from a licensed dealer is subject to a state and federal background check. However, the Oregon State Police don’t maintain a registry, and Durkheimer sees the petition as trying to change that status quo. “If you come in and you buy a .22 rifle, the only per- son that knows you have that .22 rifle is Northwest Armory and yourself,” unless you choose to share that infor- mation with someone else, Durkheimer said. When a gun has been used in a crime, the police have to request a “trace,” or manu- facture and sale history, from the federal Bureau of Alco- hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives using the serial number of the weapon in question. The ATF can then find out the manufacturer of the gun, the wholesaler that dis- Menacing •At 1:27 p.m. Friday, Louis Bo Potter, 29, of West- port, was arrested by the Clas- top County Sheriff’s Office on the 91450 block of Caleb Road and charged with men- acing, interfering with a police officer, possession of a weapon with intent to use, second-degree criminal mis- chief and disorderly conduct. He allegedly threatened peo- ple with a knife. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c s r c c r pc c s r r s s c pc c pc s r s r s s r pc DEATHS March, 24, 2018 LARSON, Allen Leroy, 86, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mor- BIRTH March 18, 2018 KNUTSON, Emily and Roy, of Seaside, a girl, Leg- PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. MONDAY Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. 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