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Knife laws
Dan W:
I can't remember who right now, but there was a member that posted about being convicted of a concealed weapons charge in Omaha when a hunting knife was found in the console of the car they were riding in with several other persons... nobody claimed it , so OPD charged them all!
It may have been the fellow from the Walgreen's self defense story.
Anyways, A CHP is not a permit to carry any weapon, only applies to a handgun, so I would be very careful about a long knife.
Maybe a future NFOA project would be to expand the permits coverage to other weapons
SeanN:
Expanding the coverage would be great, Dan.
I always wonder too about concealing an AR-15 type pistol in a backpack. Technically it only covers handguns, right? If so, the AR-15 pistol is not a handgun, it is a pistol. This is where the lines get very blurry for me and I have no idea what is legal and what isn't. However, that's a bit off the subject.
So you think carrying a 3.5" bladed knife is a bad idea? I wonder if I'm screwed cuz I have a 16" barreled AR15 with a perm pinned muzzle device. Heh.
Dan W:
If it is not a little bit longer than 16" it was not done right. Measuring barrel length can be an adventure
bkoenig:
I bet there are literally tens if not hundreds of thousands of Nebraskans who unknowingly violate the knife law. I didn't know about the 3.5" rule until a year or two ago and I couldn't begin to tell you all the times I stuck a hunting knife in my glove box. In fact, as a teenager I once got pulled over and my pickup searched by a state patrolman who was on a fishing expedition for drugs or booze (I had neither but as a dumb kid I didn't know my rights) and I had a Cold Steel Master Hunter in the glove box. He apparently didn't care or didn't know the law either. It's asinine.
Dan W:
--- Quote from: gsd on April 22, 2011, 11:21:35 AM ---Oh, I know. The same goes for my finger assist Milano Stiletto, apparently. So i am currently stuck with a POS Frost Cutlery lockback.
Problem lies herein, in Nebraska itself it is not illegal to posess a switchblade, just in city of Lincoln. Which is why you can stil buy switchblades in Lincoln.
--- End quote ---
Hastings NE city code
21-101. Carrying concealed weapons.
No person in the City shall wear under his clothes, or conceal about his person, or display in a
threatening manner, any dangerous or deadly weapon including, but not by way of limitation,
any pistol, revolver, sling shot, cross-knuckles or knuckles of lead, brass or other metal, or any
bowie knife, or any knife resembling a bowie knife, or any knife with a switch-blade or device
whereby the blade or blades can be opened by a flick of a button, pressure on the handle or other
mechanical contrivance, or a pocket knife having a blade of more than three inches in length.
(Code 1973, 39-1; Ord. No. 1750)
Reference: For state law authorizing City to regulate, punish, etc., the carrying of concealed
weapons, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 1943, Section 28-1201 et seq.
http://www.cityofhastings.org/city_code/index.htm
PLUS something I just learned by reading this code listing...
Hastings has an illegal handgun registration law on the books too!
21-106. Records of sales, etc.
(1) Required generally. Every person in the City engaged in the sale, rental or exchange of any weapons described in Sections 21-101 and 21-104 shall keep a record of each such weapon purchased, sold, rented or exchanged at retail.
(2) Time of recordation; contents. The record required herein shall be made at the time of the transaction, in a book kept for that purpose, and shall include the name of the person to whom such weapon is sold or from whom such weapon is purchased; his age, physical description, occupation, residence and, if residing in a municipality, the street and number where he resides; the make, caliber and finish of the firearm, together with the number or serial letter thereof, if any; the date of the purchase, sale, rental or exchange
of such weapon; and the name of the employee or other person making such purchase, sale, rental or exchange.
(3) Report to Chief of Police. Every person in the City engaged in the sale, rental or exchange of any handguns described in Sections 21-101 and 21-104 shall inform the Chief of Police of every such purchase, sale, loan or gift within one day after the written purchase order described in Section 21-105 is received.
(Code 1973, 39-6; Ord. Nos. 1750 and 1836)
NFOA was successful in getting Lincoln city officials to remove a similar requirement from city code. It is not legal to require registration of sales of handguns to anyone with a valid CHP
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