Wallowa County Chieftain
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wallowa.com
May 20, 2015
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GUNS: Sheriff calls law ‘unconstitutional’
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When Governor Kate
Brown signed Senate Bill 941,
“The Oregon Firearms Safety
Act,” into
law May 11,
she made
Oregon the
ninth state
or district
to require
universal
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background
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The others requiring the
checks are California, Col-
orado, Connecticut, Del-
aware, New York, Rhode
Island, Washington and the
District of Columbia. Some
have further restrictions in
the form of waiting periods,
assault weapons bans and
magazine capacity restric-
tions.
The
“criminalization”
of individuals who transfer
guns without background
checks to which Rogers re-
fers is in the language of the
law.
Those who choose to vi-
olate the law will be slapped
with a misdemeanor for the
first offense and a Class B
felony for the second and
subsequent offenses.
Some safety measures in
the bill inspire less ire. The
bill states that if a potential
buyer fails the background
check, the Oregon State
Police may notify the lo-
cal sheriff of the attempted
firearm transfer. The sheriff
is not mandated to take any
action at that point, simply
to be aware of the situation.
Finally, judges may pro-
hibit those undergoing as-
sisted outpatient treatment
from owning a firearm if
there is a reasonable like-
lihood the person would
constitute a danger to them-
selves or others as the result
of a mental or psychological
state.
There are a few excep-
tions to background checks.
Most transfers of ownership
within a family to siblings,
aunts and uncles, sons and
daughters (free of past crim-
inal records) are exempt
from background checks.
Other sales, however, will
require a trip to a gun dealer
who will most likely scan
your fingerprints and file
for an Oregon State Police
(OSP) background check
electronically. OSP current-
ly charges $10 per check, but
dealers are allowed to add on
fees for their services.
Gun show aficionados
expect this to severely cur-
tail their sales.
Russ Smith, president of
the Elgin Stampede and or-
ganizer of a yearly gun show
fund-raiser is afraid the new
law signals the end of gun
shows entirely.
“Some dealers at the gun
show have the technolo-
gy to wire fingerprints and
background checks from the
show. But one of the reasons
the Elgin show was popular
was that Mom and Pop could
come down with five guns
and sell them and didn’t
have to have that technolo-
gy,” Smith said.
The bill makes some pro-
vision for this lack of tech-
nology, in that it states that
individuals at a gun show
can telephone OSP, provide
information, require the buy-
er to fill out a form of the
same information (which the
seller keeps) and OSP will
either deny or provide an
approval number within 30
minutes.
These provisions, while
reassuring, do not satisfy in-
dividuals who find the law
unfair to responsible gun
owners.
“It punishes legal peo-
ple,” said Smith. “Whether
it solves anything with the
illegal people I don’t know.”
The law is often support-
ed by reference to the hor-
rific school shootings that
have rocked the nation, but
Rogers points out that in
most of those cases mental
illness was a significant fac-
tor. “I’ve always said this is
not a gun ownership issue,
this is a mental health is-
sue,” Rogers said.
To that end, a minority
report that earmarked $44
million in General Fund
revenue to Oregon Health
Authority for 2015-17 bi-
ennium to provide mental
health services was brought
to the floor by Reps. Carl
Wilson (R-3) and (former
psychologist) Bill Kenne-
mer (R-39), but was voted
down.
The questions of funding
in general and for the back-
ground checks in particu-
lar, housing for individuals
convicted of gun crimes,
and payment for increased
policing will be covered in
a future article.
Cougar sighting; animal neglect
ambulance at Wallowa Lake.
10:23 p.m. Scott Lee
Fouste, 53, Imnaha, arrested
on Wallowa County Circuit
Court Warrant. Charges same
as above. Fouste was released
after posting bail.
10:40 p.m. Report of loose
horse on Hurricane Creek near
Enterprise, owner located.
May 14
7:01 a.m. Cell 911 for am-
bulance in rural Wallowa.
11:38 a.m. Case number re-
quested from EPD.
11:55 a.m. 911 for ambu-
lance in Joseph.
3:35 p.m. Report of a possi-
ble “IRS” scam phone call.
5:11 p.m. Report of large
white dog along Hwy 82 in
Lostine.
5:55 p.m. Contact with cit-
izen in Enterprise. Juvenile-re-
lated.
11:36 p.m. E911 ambulance
request in Enterprise.
May 15
4:47 a.m. 911 ambulance re-
quest in Joseph.
12:19 p.m. Theft reported in
Enterprise.
2:51 p.m. Welfare check in
Enterprise.
9:58 p.m. Domestic in En-
terprise. Dane Schell, 24, En-
terprise, arrested.
May 16
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in Joseph.
1:20 a.m. 911 call from Jo-
seph. Male subject out of con-
trol. Loren Idding, 32, arrested
for menacing. Transported to
Union County Jail.
8:40 a.m. 911 report of boul-
ders blocking one lane of Hwy
350 rural Joseph.
11:29 a.m. Complaint of an-
imal neglect in rural Joseph.
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arm complaint in rural Lostine.
3:36 p.m. 911 call for private
vehicle transporting patient to
ER from rural Enterprise.
4:50 p.m. Tillamook County
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Rousseau Jr., Wallowa, on two
Wallowa County Circuit Court
no-bail misdemeanor warrants.
Original charges of theft-3 and
disorderly conduct-2.
6:59 p.m. Report of a loose
calf along Hwy 82 in rural Jo-
seph.
8:17 p.m. Complaint of ag-
gressive dog in Enterprise.
May 17
1:37 a.m. 911 requesting
ambulance in Wallowa.
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Hwy 82, from Joseph to Enter-
prise.
9:37 a.m. Information re:
controlled burn in Joseph.
12:21 p.m. 911 requesting
an ambulance in Joseph.
3:59 p.m. Found black/
white, long-tailed Border Col-
lie female dog in Joseph.
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crash on Hurricane Creek Rd.
5:43 p.m. Rural Joseph traf-
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6:36 p.m. Alarm at local
business.
7:31 p.m. Disabled vehicle
in Enterprise.
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May 11
8:13 a.m. Cell 911 re: cou-
gar sighting at Wallowa Lake.
9:02 a.m. Three dogs lost in
Lostine. Reunited with owner.
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stop.
2:01 p.m. 911 call reporting
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2:23 p.m. Dog complaint in
rural Enterprise.
5:16 p.m. Animal complaint
in rural Enterprise.
5:23 p.m. Assault in Enter-
prise.
5:36 p.m. Assault in rural
Imnaha.
10:27 p.m. Fire alarm re-
ported in Joseph.
May 12
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stop. Citation issued.
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stop. Cited for illegal U-turn.
1:59 p.m. Entered Circuit
Court misdemeanor warrant on
Christine Dyer, 47, for failure
to perform duties of a driver
and reckless driving.
3:58 p.m. Found bike in En-
terprise.
6:47 p.m. 911 call from En-
terprise.
9:03 p.m. Found male chi-
huahua with blue collar in Jo-
seph. Owner located.
9:16 p.m. Report of rocks in
the road on Imnaha highway.
10:07 p.m. Power outage in
Enterprise.
10:20 p.m. 911 requesting
ambulance in Enterprise.
May 13
8:56 a.m. Possible wolf dep-
redation, upper Imnaha.
3:15 p.m. Found property in
Enterprise.
3:22 p.m. Report taken for
hit-and-run, non-injury, Enter-
prise.
4:14 p.m. Found keys and
padlock.
5:54 p.m. Wallowa County
Circuit Court issued arrest war-
rant for Scott Lee Fouste, 53,
Imnaha. Charges are unlawful
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6:47 p.m. Community Cor-
rections entered a detainer war-
rant for the arrest of Gregory
L Meyers. 42, Joseph. Charge
of probation violation, original
charge of menacing.
7:24 p.m. 911 requesting
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