PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The executive order called “Protecting Second Amendment Rights” asks the attorney general of the United States to look at “ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment” and then propose a plan of action.

This is something Gabriel Buhler is pleased about. He’s the chairman of the Washington County GOP, and a former member of the Marine Corps. He says he has a strong sense of patriotism.

“It really seems to me like a lot of what’s going on in that executive order has to deal with the infringements that have happened over the last four years,” said Buhler.

What Buhler thinks is an infringement, a gun violence prevention nonprofit thinks is just part of safety.

The Alliance for a Safe Oregon released a statement in support of the Biden administration’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention, saying the administration “coordinated a national response to gun violence and helped drive a 13.5% reduction in nationwide homicides in 2023 after the largest recorded increase ever in gun homicides in 2020 during the Trump administration.”

Reducing homicides is very important to Lionel Irving, a youth gun violence prevention advocate who is concerned about guns potentially getting even easier for kids to get a hold of. In Multnomah County, from 2021 to 2023, there was a 15% increase in youth with firearm related charges.

“I would just say that just to the president himself, he has got to come down here. I invite Mr. President Donald Trump to come down here and meet with guys like myself and see what we’re facing inside our community,” said Irving.

For the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, this order is a victory:

“The order is a monumental win for gun rights in America and a clear statement from President Trump that he intends to uphold his promise to protect Constitutional freedoms,” the NRA said.

The attorney general will have 30 days to prepare a plan of action for the president to evaluate, in the hopes that there will be less “infringements” on gun rights.