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No<\/em><\/strong> rights are subject to the whims of a tyrannically minded majority. That’s why they’re called ‘rights<\/em><\/strong>‘ and not something else.<\/p>\n

Are Constitutional Rights Subject to Poll Results?<\/a><\/p>\n

A recent online survey conducted last month by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center in Portland revealed \u201cnearly 60% favored stricter federal gun regulations, and 56% said the same about the state\u2019s regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was from a response of more than 1,400 Beaver State adults, according to the\u00a0Oregon Capital Chronicle<\/a>. The story appeared as Portland-based anti-gunners were delivering petitions to the Secretary of
\nState in Salem to put a\u00a0restrictive gun control measure<\/a>\u00a0on the November ballot that will ban original capacity magazines and require Oregonians to get a permit before they can legally purchase a firearm.<\/p>\n

In neighboring Washington four years ago, a well-financed campaign by the billionaire-backed Alliance for Gun Responsibility pushed Initiative 1639 into law. That measure invented a definition of a so-called \u201csemiautomatic assault rifle,\u201d a gun which, according to Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, doesn\u2019t exist. The sweeping definition applies to every self-loading rifle ever manufactured anywhere, regardless of caliber.<\/p>\n

These developments raise the question whether constitutional rights can be subject to popularity contests, which initiative elections actually are. That is, at least until they are challenged successfully in federal court.<\/p>\n

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The Capital Chronicle said \u201c60% favored stricter federal gun regulations, and 56% said the same about the state\u2019s regulations\u201d in the June survey.<\/p>\n

But what are these \u201cstricter regulations\u201d favored by a majority of survey respondents?<\/p>\n