Travelling to Oregon with a Pistol Questions

[jurist]

I am travelling to Portland next week for the National Congress of American Indians meeting and prefer to at least have the option to travel armed where ever I go. That said, I never carry concealed at these conferences, but it would be nice to have a gun at the hotel. Also my CCW permit isn't recognized in Oregon. I understand Portland has gun laws that differ from the rest of the state. Is there anything that I should be aware of. Since I'll be flying the pistol and bullets will be in a locked container from the airport to the hotel and back. I'll not be taking it with me anywhere. This isn't like going to NYC where I can't have it in the hotel without a local permit is it?

Thanks,

Charles

[Ed Hurtley]

Portland (and a few other scattered cities, including a few of Portland's suburbs,) have "no loaded open carry without a CHL" ordinances that are legal.

Other than that, in Oregon is it legal to open carry without a permit (again, in Portland it has to be unloaded,) and Oregon is a "weapons allowed unless specifically barred by private land/business-owner" state. Few businesses bar weapons, even in Portland, though. So you're good.

[Cotillion]

You can't carry in Portland without a chl, period. You're either gonna have to go illegal or keep it in your hotel/trunk

[luv2shoot]

You also can't have loaded mags/clips in Portland, even if they're in a locked container (14A.60.010):

http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm?c=28514

BTW, state reg ORS 166.170 voids their reg as it relates to emptying mags/clips (as I've read on other sites and it seems correct to me). We need a test case, care to volunteer? ;) I don't want to be the first either, so I unload everything and lock it up. Therefore, whenever I can avoid driving in/through that city, I do.

[fuhr52]

Oregon doesn't recognize any other states CHL.

[jurist]

Thank y'all for the input. I carry daily while at home and traveling by car but when on a trip where I have to fly, I usually just keep it in the hotel. Its a pita to carry concealed to the airport and then repack my bag once to the airport and I usually don't get to leave the hotel much anyway to see the sights.

[Ed Hurtley]

You can't carry in Portland without a chl, period. You're either gonna have to go illegal or keep it in your hotel/trunk

You can carry in Portland without a CHL. It has to be open, and it can't be loaded.

Note that Portland considers a removed-but-filled magazine as "loaded", although as luv2shoot says, Oregon statute is murky and may not allow Portland to define that. (AKA: Having a removed-but-filled magazine may be legal, as Portland may lack the authority to ban it.)

A filled revolver speedloader is legal in Portland for certain, as it as "stripper clip" (although if you're carrying around an M1 Garand, SKS, etc, even unloaded, you *WILL* get a visit from the police...)