State v. Beeman

*430Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of one count of felon in possession of a firearm, ORS 166.270. On appeal defendant raises, among other issues, two assignments of error pertaining to the denial of motions for judgment of acquittal that both, in essence, raise the same constitutional question: does either the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, or Article I, section 27, of the Oregon Constitution limit the government's power to criminalize the actual, or constructive, possession of a firearm by a felon in their home? As discussed below, we recognize that the…