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With Oregon's new gun law set to take effect in less than three weeks, the first legal challenge has been filed in federal court.
Passed with just 50.7 percent of the vote, Ballot Measure 114 requires Oregonians to undergo a background check and take a class, which does not yet exist, to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm. It also bans magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
Plaintiffs seek to prevent the measure from taking effect on Dec. 8 while a judge decides if it meets constitutional muster.
Their complaint primarily takes issue with the magazine ban, arguing that it violates both their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and the Due Process Clause....