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HuskerXDM:

--- Quote from: Les on March 16, 2017, 06:49:24 PM ---Guess I'm curious to hear what happened and why (more clarification) before getting out the torches and pitchforks.  I'd bet there's more to this than meets the eye.  But still doesn't sound good. 

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Just going by the couple of articles I read, it sounds to me like there was a concession made to get the Omaha Police union to stop publicly opposing the bill.  So now the union, effectively, gets rid of open carry in Omaha and the rest of us still get a (smaller) patchwork of gun laws to navigate. 

Dan W:

--- Quote from: wcr on March 16, 2017, 02:04:00 PM ---Presumed guilty until proven innocent.  Thought it was supposed to be the other way around.
Could authorities just take your gun and then you have to prove it is yours?  By that logic you
would have to keep a bill of sale on you anytime you carried or they could just confiscate your
gun until you proved it was yours to get it back.  Smacks of the Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
which allows authorities to take your cash until you can (at your time and cost) prove it is
legally yours.  I don't have a problem if they have probable cause to believe the gun is stolen or illegally possessed (i.e. felon in possession), but where are the constraints?  Or am I reading too much into it?

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I have always kept my carry gun receipt in my wallet next to my CHP for just this reason after hearing this tactic was a common one in areas like Omaha, but I need more info about this, which I believe was a committee amendment

Merl:

--- Quote from: HuskerXDM on March 16, 2017, 07:23:17 PM ---Just going by the couple of articles I read, it sounds to me like there was a concession made to get the Omaha Police union to stop publicly opposing the bill.  So now the union, effectively, gets rid of open carry in Omaha and the rest of us still get a (smaller) patchwork of gun laws to navigate.

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This is also my take on what is being reported. I hope we get to see the actual wording before it gets to a debate on the floor.  I looked and as of today it is still not listed.

Les:

--- Quote from: HuskerXDM on March 16, 2017, 07:23:17 PM ---Just going by the couple of articles I read, it sounds to me like there was a concession made to get the Omaha Police union to stop publicly opposing the bill.  So now the union, effectively, gets rid of open carry in Omaha and the rest of us still get a (smaller) patchwork of gun laws to navigate.

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Agreed, all i'm thinking is we need to stand down till the board finds out and lets us know what actually transpired, and plans to move forward. 

Kendahl:
I read the text of the bill from Rod's link in the LB68 thread in the 2017 Legislation Area. Proof of ownership is needed only if the gun has been reported as stolen. Provided you can trust the person who sold/traded/gave the gun to you, you won't have a problem. Is this any different from buying stuff off Craig's List? Can you be sure you're not buying stolen goods from a fence or even the original thief?

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