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February 15, 2013
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Roseburg Republican takes aim at federal gun laws

A bill introduced Thursday in the state House by Roseburg Republican Tim Freeman would prohibit state law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun laws. “I think there needs to be an honest discussion about gun control,” Freeman said today. “Is it the state’s responsibility? The federal government’s responsibility? Both? None?” The bill asserts that restrictive laws violate the Second Amendment right to gun ownership. The tenor is similar to the stand taken by Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin and a handful of other Oregon sheriffs who recently pledged to not enforce new federal gun laws. “When the Second Amendment says, …

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