PORTLAND — Oregon retailers cannot discriminate against gun buyers based on their age, according to a ruling this week by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Hannah Brumbles, an 18-year-old from Deer Island in unincorporated Columbia County, filed a complaint with the state after a Walmart store in St. Helen’s refused to sell her a rifle or ammunition in February because she was younger than 21.
Oregon law lets those 18 and older buy firearms, but some regional and national retailers, including Walmart, adopted more restrictive policies after a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.
