Yeah......you probably could but we don't want to get down to his level. Ashford is just one of those politicians that just don't get it. And it seems he tries to play both sides of the issue. He is a flip flopper. We have to make sure that any and all efforts to pass any sort of law that mandates a penalty and makes a criminal out of people who fail to report their lost or stolen guns to police is stopped dead in its tracks. Senator Brenda Council has already announced her intent in this regard.
Our focus next year should be to get a full blown castle doctrine that not only gives us "presumption", "civil liability" but also would make Nebraska a "stand your ground" & "any place you have a legal right to be" state.....further protecting especially CHP holders if they use their weapon in self defense. Also I think we need to provide for legal presentation of a weapon when one is felt threatened. Kansas just fixed their law because of this:
The recent Kansas Supreme Court Ruling in State v. Hendrix stated that if a person threatens force instead of actually using deadly force, the individual is not entitled to a self-defense jury instruction and could be charged with aggravated assault. The ruling was applied to an individual who threatened force (but never discharged the firearm), when his fianc?e was assaulted and was subsequently charged and given a felony conviction. He is now a prohibited person for exercising his God-given right of self-defense.
We need to find out if this is the case in Nebraska as well. As far as I know if you pull your gun in Nebraska you could get charged with brandishing. Is there any protection if you are just threatening the use of deadly force because you feel threatened?
Also of big importance and something that probably most everyone in the legislature would vote for is "Emergency Powers" legislation. We need to pass a law protecting our 2nd Amendment rights during a declared state of emergency. This just passed in the Hawaii legislature and is going to their governor. It passed in their Senate 32-0. That is in liberal and gun unfriendly Hawaii! If they can pass it so can we.
