grishnav
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This is in a similar vein to the Oregon No Guns on ATVs law, in that it's only a Class B Traffic Violation (11-20mph speeding ticket).
Even though it's minor, since the ATV law is mentioned in books, forums, and on sites like handgunlaws.us and the Oregon Firearms Federation, I can't believe I've never seen this one mentioned anywhere but the law itself!
So I thought I'd bring it to everyone's attention.
Basically, my guess is that the law was intended to prevent you front shining a flashlight in a police officers face during a traffic stop, or perhaps stop you from using a tac light attached to a firearm from a vehicle.
But it seems to have the ironic side effect of preventing a person who is open carrying a firearm without a license from turning on their dome light to allow the officer to more clearly see the openly carried weapon. Doh!
Anyway... thoughts?
This is in a similar vein to the Oregon No Guns on ATVs law, in that it's only a Class B Traffic Violation (11-20mph speeding ticket).
Even though it's minor, since the ATV law is mentioned in books, forums, and on sites like handgunlaws.us and the Oregon Firearms Federation, I can't believe I've never seen this one mentioned anywhere but the law itself!
So I thought I'd bring it to everyone's attention.
Basically, my guess is that the law was intended to prevent you front shining a flashlight in a police officers face during a traffic stop, or perhaps stop you from using a tac light attached to a firearm from a vehicle.
But it seems to have the ironic side effect of preventing a person who is open carrying a firearm without a license from turning on their dome light to allow the officer to more clearly see the openly carried weapon. Doh!
Anyway... thoughts?
166.663 Casting artificial light from vehicle while possessing certain weapons prohibited. (1) No person shall cast from a motor vehicle an artificial light while there is in the possession or in the immediate physical presence of the person a bow and arrow or a rifle, gun, revolver or other firearm.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a person casting an artificial light:
(a) From the headlights of a motor vehicle that is being operated on a road in the usual manner.
(b) When the bow and arrow, rifle, gun, revolver or other firearm that the person has in the possession or immediate physical presence of the person is disassembled or stored, or in the trunk or storage compartment of the motor vehicle.
(c) When the ammunition or arrows are stored separate from the weapon.
(d) On land owned or lawfully occupied by that person.
(e) On publicly owned land when that person has an agreement with the public body to use that property.
(f) When the person is a peace officer or government employee engaged in the performance of official duties.
(g) When the person has been issued a license under ORS 166.291 and 166.292 to carry a concealed weapon.
(3) Violation of subsection (1) of this section is punishable as a Class B violation. [1989 c.848 §2; 1999 c.1051 §159; 2005 c.22 §116]