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SALEM, OR — In a move critics are calling “a bold leap backward,” Oregon lawmakers behind controversial gun control Measure 114 have now set their sights on a new threat: the 1985 Nintendo Zapper.
Dubbed Measure 114½, the proposed legislation would ban the sale, possession, and inheritance of the Duck Hunt light gun — a semi-orange, single-triggered accessory once packaged with the NES. Lawmakers insist the bill is necessary to prevent “retro gaming extremism” and curb “nostalgia-based violence.”
“This is about public safety,” said State Senator Floyd Prozanski (D-Eugene), co-chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and longtime gun control advocate. “No civilian needs a semi-orange plastic firearm
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