Oregon prohibits any person from knowingly possessing any machine gun, unless it is registered under federal law.¹

Federal law requires machine guns to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and generally prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.²

 See our Machine Guns policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. 

1. Or. Rev. Stat. § 166.272.[↩]
2. 18 U.S.C. § 922(o); 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).[↩]