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U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut wrote in a 122-page opinion published late Friday afternoon that all parts of Oregon's Measure 114, approved by voters last year, are constitutional. But the law remains on hold because of an ongoing court case in Harney County, where a trial is scheduled for September.

Last updated January 5, 2023 . Oregon does not prohibit the open carrying of long guns in a vehicle. Oregon generally prohibits the knowing possession of a concealed and readily accessible handgun within any vehicle without a license to carry a concealed handgun.

Anyone who can legally own a firearm can also sell one in a private transaction, however, per ORS 166.435(2) the seller and buyer must utilize a federally licensed gun dealer to conduct a background check on the buyer prior to completing the change of ownership.

Measure 114 also prohibited the manufacturing, importing, purchasing, selling, possessing, using or transferring of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. The restrictions were supposed to go into effect 180 days after the law's passage.

Ballot Measure 114 passed by a narrow margin in November 2022, carried largely by voters in Multnomah, Washington and Hood River counties. The measure lost big in Eastern and Southern Oregon. Since its passage, the new law has faced parallel legal challenges in federal and state courts.

A federal judge has already determined that Measure 114 is constitutional on the federal level but it still hasn't gone into effect because it has been held up by the state legal challenges.