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Clackamas County is considering a resolution supporting Second-Amendment gun rights, but some residents are concerned it could put firearms in the wrong hands.

County commissioners will vote on a resolutionaffirming Second-Amendment rights in a 6 p.m. business meeting Thursday, Feb. 19.

A Ceasefire Oregon flyer assumes that the resolution opposes expanded background checks for gun sales and aims to help felons buy firearms.

"Clackamas County commissioners will consider a resolution that ostensibly supports the Second Amendment but will, in reality, continue to enable criminals and domestic violence abusers to buy guns," the flyer reads.

Chair John Ludlow insists that's not what the resolution is about.

"I know [background checks] exist and I feel good about the current ones," Ludlow said in an interview Friday. "We now hear from various people that we are passing a law, and that is certainly not the case here, that would put guns in the hands of felons and domestic abusers. I would invite them to again look at the resolution. There is no way that could be construed as putting guns in the hand of felons."

Some gun-control groups are pushing this year for state legislation that would expand background checks to private gun transactions.

Tualatin resident Christine Martin is concerned the resolution could shut down a meaningful discussion about what can be done to keep guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous people, she said.

"[The resolution] is an attempt to prevent smarter gun possession by law-abiding citizens," Martin said. "We need to look at protecting our children. If that means closing some loopholes and leveling the playing field, then I support that."

Some opponents of the resolution have mistaken it for a law, ordinance or bill.

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Clackamas County considering Second-Amendment resolution; Some concerned it would help felons get guns