SB 696 : Prohibits Rapid Fire Activators
Position: Support Status: Senate Judiciary Committee
Creates the crime of unlawful transport, manufacture or transfer of a rapid fire activator. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Creates the crime of unlawful possession of a rapid fire activator.
Update
1-17 (S) Referred to Judiciary.
1-13 (S) Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
Chief Sponsors: Senator Reynolds, Representative McDonald, Grayber, Senator Sollman, Representative Kropf
Regular Sponsors: Senator Broadman, Manning Jr, Prozanski, Representative Ruiz,
Oregon OLIS information about SB 696 is here.
The main difference between a fully automatic gun and a semi-automatic gun is that a fully automatic gun fires continuously when the trigger is held down or pulled, while a semi-automatic gun fires one bullet per trigger pull.
Fully automatic firearms are legal in Oregon under the 1934 National Firearms Act. (ATF) This bill would not change the legality of fully automated firearms covered under the NFA. This bill addresses rapid fire activators.
Rapid fire activators enable a shooter to make a semi-automatic firearm fire as if it were a fully automatic firearm. A rapid fire activator was used by the shooter in the October 1, 2017 massacre in Las Vegas to kill 60 people and injure 413 more with gun firearm or shrapnel. More than 450 other people received non-firearm-related injuries in the shooting.
The massacre, the most deadly in American history, occurred while Donald Trump was the US President. After the Las Vegas massacre, Mr. Trump banned bump stocks but his own Supreme Court struck down that ban in 2024. (CNN)