SB 396 : Ban Undetectable and/or Untraceable Firearms
Position: Support Status: Dead in Committee
The public hearing is cancelled and the bill is dead. SB 396 is the second time in three years that Oregon has killed a bill that would ban undetectable and/or untraceable guns.
Three dimensional printing (also called additive manufacturing) allows criminals and terrorists to make firearms that do not have a serial number, thereby rendering a firearm untraceable to law enforcement. The process also allows criminals and terrorists to make firearms without mechanism (called a security exemplar), thereby rendering a firearm undetectable by metal detectors.
Update
March 22, 2021: The public hearing is cancelled and the bill is dead.
March 16, 2021: Public Hearing scheduled for March 25, 8:00 AM.
Jan 19, 2021: Referred to Senate Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation.
Jan 11, 2021: Introduced by chief sponsors Senators Prozanski and Manning, Jr. at the request of Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum.
A public hearing for this bill was scheduled for March 25 but the hearing is no longer listed on the bill’s OLIS webpage. This bill is likely dead.
- SB 396 continues Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s work to prevent hate groups and terrorists from printing guns that are undetectable and untraceable.
- Undetectable guns can completely bypass metal detectors at security check points.
Defines “undetectable firearm.” Punishes manufacturing, importing, offering for sale or transferring undetectable firearm by maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Punishes possession of undetectable firearm by maximum of 364 days’ imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Defines “untraceable firearm.” Punishes possessing, manufacturing, importing, offering for sale or transferring untraceable firearm by maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Defines “unfinished frame or receiver.” Requires gun dealer to conduct criminal background check before transferring unfinished frame or receiver. Punishes importing, offering for sale or transferring unfinished receiver by maximum of 10 years’ imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Specifies exceptions. Punishes possession of unserialized unfinished frame or receiver by maximum of five years’ imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Provides that person commits crime if person possesses unfinished frame or receiver and is prohibited from possessing firearms. Punishes by maximum of 364 days’ imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.