The Oregon State Police agency is aware of questions regarding Ballot Measure 114.
The Oregon Secretary of State’s office notified OSP that the measure will go into effect at midnight Thursday, Dec. 8. The agency is working closely with the Department of Justice, the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association and the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police to assess the required processes needed to implement this law, the agency said in a public statement last week.
For the month of November, approximately 63% of the requests received into the OSP Firearms Instant Check System (FICS) unit have been approved. The remaining transactions must be evaluated by an OSP employee to determine what caused the person OSP issues statement on Measure 114 to be kicked out of the automated process. If applicable, a manual correction can be made, and the application can be approved.
Here are some important notes to consider when submitting for a firearms purchase or transfer that could exclude you from the automated process:
— If you have ever been arrested or convicted of a crime in Oregon or any other state.
— If you have incomplete or incorrect information listed on federal ATF Form 4473.
— Potential Fix – Double-check the information for accuracy.
— If your registered DMV address does not match the address listed on federal ATF Form 4473.
— Potential fixes, like updating a personal address with DMV.
“This unit has been working through these extreme firearms request volumes and will continue to process them as quickly as possible,” the agency said in the statement.
The FICS unit’s hours of operation is set in Oregon Revised Statute, and largely determined by retail hours. It is open and processing background checks from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, 363 days a year (with only Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day off).
For more information about the Oregon State Police’s Firearms Instant Check System, including how to complete a Firearm Pre-Purchase Self-Assessment Questionnaire, visit http://www.oregon.gov/osp/programs/cjis/Pages/Firearms-Instant-Check-System.aspx.