I read with disbelief a quote from the Oregon Firearms Federation’s motion for a temporary restraining order and injunction against the implementation of Measure 114, (“Oregon’s gun control Measure 114 subject of emergency motion filed in federal court,” Nov. 24). The federation’s lawyer writes that Measure 114′s “draconian terms turn the Second Amendment on its head…”

The definition of a draconian law is one that is excessively harsh. Measure 114 is not draconian by any reasonable measure. It requires a permit to purchase a gun. It bans the sale, transfer or purchase of magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds. Every other western democracy has gun regulations far more stringent than these. In fact, their governments reacted quickly when they experienced their first mass shootings. It is reprehensible that an appeal to the Second Amendment should supersede the murders of innocent adults and children in 2022. This is not 1791.

Susan Bexton, Portland

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