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Portland police and experts urge state licensing, inspections to curb dealer‑linked trafficking
Summary
Portland Police Chief and policy witnesses told legislators most crime guns recovered in Oregon trace to in‑state dealers and argued ATF lacks capacity; they recommended state dealer licensing, stronger inspections, and a code of conduct for sellers to reduce illegal diversion.
Portland Police Chief Robert Day and public‑policy witnesses told a joint Judiciary Committee informational hearing that most guns recovered in criminal investigations in Oregon are traced to in‑state dealers and that weak federal oversight increases the flow of firearms into the illegal market.
"Portland is just a wash in guns in the hands of the wrong people," Chief Day said, summarizing local enforcement experience and ATF trace data showing large numbers of crime guns recovered in Portland.
Tanya Schart, senior counsel and director of state and federal policy at Brady, told the committees that from 2017 to 2021 about 75 percent of crime guns traced…
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