Oregon Firearm Laws
- Background Check Required?
- Private Sale: Yes
- Licensed Dealer: Yes
- Waiting Period: 72 hours.
- Registration Requirement: None.
- Permit Required (to purchase): None at this time.
- Concealed Carry Permit: Yes, a concealed handgun license is generally required to carry a concealed handgun.
- Magazine Capacity Limits: None at this time.
- Assault Weapons Limits: None.
Source: ORS §§ 166.412, 166.435, 166.291, 166.292; Or. Laws 2026, HB 4145, 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)
Prohibited from Purchasing
- Persons who are minors.
- Persons subject to a qualifying court order for harassment, stalking, or threats involving an intimate partner or child.
- Persons who are fugitives from justice.
- Persons convicted of a felony.
- Persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
- Persons subject to certain qualifying protective orders involving firearm or ammunition restrictions.
- Persons who have renounced their U.S. citizenship.
- Persons dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Persons unlawfully in the country or admitted under a non-immigrant visa.
- Persons adjudicated as mentally defective or committed to a mental institution.
- Persons unlawfully using or addicted to controlled substances.
Source: Or. Rev. Stat. §§ 166.250, 166.255, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)
