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Grishnav has it right, you don't have to lock it in the truck or disassemble it, but you sure can if you want to or just feel more comfortable that way.
You should be fine open carrying it in a belt holster, even in a vehicle.ORS 166.250 says it's not considered concealed.
Oregon has Preemption (ORS 166.170), so no other government entity in the state can make ANY firearms laws regulating transfer, posession, carrying, use, etc. except the State Legislature. With the exceptions of where they may be discharged, andcities and counties can regulate where loaded firearms can be carried in public places (ORS 166.173)
The complete (known) cities to ban loaded carry of firearms in public (without a CHL)is:
Dallas
Beaverton
Oregon City
Bend (just parks)
Independence
Salem
Tigard
Portland
As far as locking it in the glove box, it's what I always did picking up the kids from school. I would stop outside school property, unload it, and lock it in the glove box with the key. That way it's "unloaded and locked in a vehicle" as required by ORS 166.370 and in my opinion not "readily accessable" (so thereby not concealed as defined by ORS 166.250), so I don't believeI violated state law. Federal law may be another matter, but I haven't seen any federal LEOs around my kids' schools yet!
(My CHL should be in my mailbox any day now!
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I don't know about any "full auto" ranges around Portland, but in Eugene, there's Baron's Den. I still haven't made it there to check it out, but they advertise you can rent and shoot a real tommy gun on full-auto.
http://www.thebaronsden.com/
References: ORS 166.170, 166.173, 166.250, 166.370
http://www.leg.state.or.us/ors/166.html
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