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Open Carry in Omaha with CHP regarding registration

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JTH:
Short form:  In Nebraska, open carrying is not grounds for any sort of citation for disturbing the peace or disorderly conduct. 

Longer form:  Your behavior WHILE open carrying and how that behavior is described to the police both may indeed be factors.  So--if you are walking down the street, minding your own business while OCing, and some idiot calls the cops with a "man with a gun!!" story, and they come down because they think you are brandishing and threatening, you need to make sure you are polite, calm, and reasonable. 

If you haven't done anything then you shouldn't have any troubles.  However, again, how easily/simply it goes will depend on the report the police got, the attitude of the police officers, and how you react especially if the officers ARE unreasonable.

Note:  in the case of a "man with a gun!!" call, if they are going to cite you, the caller will have to testify, otherwise they have no case.  (If you don't get to confront the person who accused you, that's the end of it.)

Some comments from our own gunscribe, awhile back:  http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?34994-Open-carry-Lincoln-Nebraska&p=602568&viewfull=1#post602568

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