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Improvements in NE gun laws I'd like to see
depserv:
*Instead of a concealed handgun permit it should be a concealed weapon permit. It isn't that carrying something other than a handgun is a big deal to me, it's that restrictions like that should not be placed on those who have bought a license to exercise a Constitutional right, which by the way is not a right to keep and bear handguns specifically but to keep and bear arms. It is not a privilege to be bestowed on us by our caring big brother in the statehouse however he sees fit; it's a right that has already been infringed on far too much by having to get a license to exercise it in the first place. So let's end the arbitrary and idiotic language that only allows a handgun to be carried concealed.
*No license should be required to carry concealed in Nebraska, but one can be issued for those who want one so they can carry in other states. Having to get a license to bear arms is like having to get a license to attend church or read a book.
*There should be no duty to inform. It might be a good thing to do as a courtesy but should not be required. A law-abiding citizen exercising his right to bear arms is not a danger to police because he is exercising that right, and a citizen who is not law-abiding will not obey the law about informing the policeman in the first place (and probably doesn't have a license anyway). How about a law saying that all Moslems have to be registered, and have to inform any law enforcement officer they encounter that they are Islamic; that makes about as much sense (actually it makes more sense). The citizen is no more a danger to an agent of the state than the state is to the citizen, and our laws should reflect that, in order to keep us off the slippery slope so many others have fallen victim to.
*Instead of making places that derive above a certain amount of income from serving alcohol legally required to be felon-friendly by making it illegal for law-abiding citizens to carry in them, treat carrying under the influence like driving under the influence. Carrying a concealed weapon is not more dangerous than driving a car. It isn't ok to drink when you have a gun, but it isn't ok to drink and drive either, and the one is not worse than the other. The difference in treatment is based on a false (apparent) assumption that driving is more a right than bearing arms, which I guess is considered a privilege.
There should be no place where concealed weapons can not be carried except those mandated by federal law (and those laws should be changed too, but are beyond the scope of what our legislature can do). The only penalty for carrying into a place where an anti-gun bigot has put up a sign saying no guns allowed should be that the bigot can make you leave.
*Any law against any kind of knife, including switchblades and gravity knives, is an illegal infringement on the right to keep and bear arms guaranteed by both our federal and state constitutions, and any city council, mayor, police chief, sheriff, police officer, or any bureaucrat who tries to infringe on that right should be sentenced to jail; this goes beyond just knives, and should be written into Nebraska law.
That's all I can think of for now. Maybe other members have some ideas.
mott555:
Agreed, but most of all with point #1 simply because I had to get rid of certain pocketknives when I moved into this state because concealed carry permits don't cover knives! I'm trusted with a handgun but not a 3.5" blade? ???
The other big one in that list would be no penalty for carrying where posted other than them asking you to leave. My previous state was basically like this and carrying concealed handguns was essentially "don't ask, don't tell."
Phantom:
I agree with All above
and All "no guns allowed" Signage should be UNIFORM across the entire State.
Or said Sign is not valid or binding.
farmerbob:
I agree. We need to work at getting rid of gun free zones, the first step would be to make signage non enforceable, next would be to whittle away at the long list of gun free zones in the CHP law.(Standardized signage not too important if law doesn't back the signs)
Getting rid of duty to inform law enforcement needs to be done away with, the only guns that law enforcement needs to be considered with would be the unlawful ones, kinda doubt a criminal carrying a gun would inform. (Hence gun laws only effect the lawful)
I would like to see a legislative bill making any new restrictive gun laws federal or state null and void and non enforceable.( Need to put a cork in the infringements)
rudy:
I think it would be nice to have a statewide preemption law passed which would disallow any city/local ordinance from being more strict than state law. I know that permit holders have preemption of sorts, but extending preemption to all gun owners is a worthehile goal, I think. It would be great to do away with Omaha's registration and their silly open carry permit.
Also, I know it would be great to have no "gun free" zones, but that may have to be done bit by bit. One area that I think would be a good place to start is publicly funded/owned properties, like public libraries or city parks (I am thinking of Lincoln here, since libraries are posted and parks are supposedly off limits, but i have never seen a sign).
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