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Sheepdog:
I sent to my Senator Dave Bloomfield an idea I have to speed up the process for battered and abused women. My idea is as follows:

In Nebraska it can take up to 45 days to receive a CCW from the state after a minimum 10 day wait for a class(assuming there is not one already scheduled).

    My idea would be as follows:

        After an incident happens, at the request of the woman a law enforcement officer or counselor (I lean more towards the officer) would give a referral that would enable the woman to speed through the process of obtaining a permit. She would keep the original referral and use photo copies to accompany the paper work.

        The woman would go to the Sheriff's Department and apply for a permit to purchase a handgun showing the referral. As I am unfamiliar with how long the response time is I do not know if this can be sped up (they have 5 days). Once they give the OK it could either be given to the woman and/or forwarded to the State Patrol.

        Ideally at the same time a request would be submitted to the State Patrol for a special class by a CCW instructor. This could be for just for her or also her parents if she moves back home. Once again accompanied by the referral.

        Once the OK is given, the class would be taught and paper work submitted to the State Patrol with a copies of the permit to purchase and the referral to speed the process along.

        A 45 day temporary CCW permit could then be issued while the regular investigation continues through the NCIC.

    I believe that this could be done in a few days (ideally 1 or 2). The issuance could be by email or through the Sheriff's Department.

    In my experience if you pass the background check for a long gun, you will pass the background check and receive a CCW permit. The background check for a long gun is done over the phone in a matter of minutes. Under the circumstances I think this could work for this problem.

My idea comes from the fact that Iowa can do this in one day, in the right county.


Please feel free to give me more and/or better ideas and correct any mistakes.

Thank you

Paul Hughes
Sheepdog LLC

DaveB:
Why should one person have a permit before others that have done nothing wrong? If someone is legal to own a gun, they should have one, but the conceal permit rush should be for all citizens, not just a select group. What about men that are abused by women? Should an angry person be allowed to get a concealed carry permit immediately because they have someone already in their sights? Maybe they should have gotten the permit a few years ago, they were probably having issues then.

I am against giving certain people expedited rights over the rest of the people.

SemperFiGuy:
Seems Like an Appropriate Application of Nebraska State Statute 28-1202:

(b) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was engaged in any lawful business, calling, or employment at the time he or she was carrying any weapon or weapons and the circumstances in which such person was placed at the time were such as to justify a prudent person in carrying the weapon or weapons for the defense of his or her person, property, or family.

No Waiting Period.

sfg

LM4202:

--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on September 21, 2012, 08:45:50 AM ---Seems Like an Appropriate Application of Nebraska State Statute 28-1202:

(b) It is an affirmative defense that the defendant was engaged in any lawful business, calling, or employment at the time he or she was carrying any weapon or weapons and the circumstances in which such person was placed at the time were such as to justify a prudent person in carrying the weapon or weapons for the defense of his or her person, property, or family.

No Waiting Period.

sfg
--- End quote ---

This is for people employed at security guards, private detectives, bounty hunters, repo men, and even employees making their way to a bank drive thru/ATM to make a deposit.  I agree with DaveB on this, and don't see how they should be expedited any faster than anyone else.  And not all of these battered women are upstanding citizens and can pass or even obtain a permit to purchase, should they get special preference?

HuskerXDM:

--- Quote from: LM4202 on September 21, 2012, 11:58:06 AM ---This is for people employed at security guards, private detectives, bounty hunters, repo men, and even employees making their way to a bank drive thru/ATM to make a deposit.  I agree with DaveB on this, and don't see how they should be expedited any faster than anyone else.  And not all of these battered women are upstanding citizens and can pass or even obtain a permit to purchase, should they get special preference?

--- End quote ---

I don't believe that statute is written for any specific groups as it does not name any groups.  I think SFG is right, and it would apply to the battered woman scenario above.  To me the only problem is a person who feared for their life may still have to go to court (the affirmative defense part) to justify their actions, which would cost a pretty penny.  However, at least someone in that situation would still be alive. 

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