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How long to wait for CCW permit?
depserv:
I should know this but I'm not sure so I'll ask: I assume open carry is legal in Nebraska; is that a correct assumption?
If it is, those who apply for a permit should be able to carry openly while they wait for the arrogant bureaucrats to get around to issuing their license to exercise their Constitutional right.
I'm not a big fan of open carry because I like to keep a low profile, and I like keeping a potential enemy as ignorant as possible about my capabilities. But given the right circumstances I would certainly carry that way, and having to wait for arrogant bureaucrats to issue a license could be one of those circumstances.
I started a thread on Survivalistboards.com awhile back regarding concealed versus open carry, and was surprised by the number of people saying that open carry was more or less common in the area they lived.
JTH:
--- Quote from: depserv on March 29, 2013, 10:40:38 AM ---I should know this but I'm not sure so I'll ask: I assume open carry is legal in Nebraska; is that a correct assumption?
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Yes, but...
...in Omaha there are additional stupid hoops to jump through to "qualify" for open carry.
Everywhere else in the state, open carry is legal. (I'll note that this doesn't mean you won't garner unpleasant attention, merely that it is legal to do without any further requirements.)
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I started a thread on Survivalistboards.com awhile back regarding concealed versus open carry, and was surprised by the number of people saying that open carry was more or less common in the area they lived.
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I'll bet that most of those who said so lived in strongly rural areas, with a low population density. (Not necessarily all, but most.)
These days, most cities and such have majority-level societal groups than frown on carrying weapons. (Not saying that this isn't stupid, just saying this is how population-dense places tend to be.) As such, open carry being common just isn't something that happens much, if at all.
I may be wrong---but I'd be surprised to hear it.
depserv:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on March 29, 2013, 12:24:56 PM ---These days, most cities and such have majority-level societal groups than frown on carrying weapons. (Not saying that this isn't stupid, just saying this is how population-dense places tend to be.) As such, open carry being common just isn't something that happens much, if at all.
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Open carry being seen as a breach of a societal norm is a sign that we live in peaceful times, which to me is a good thing. And I have to say I'm one of the ones who doesn't like seeing it.
But if a person has his right to carry concealed arbitrarily delayed by an arrogant or incompetent bureaucracy, it's still worth considering, depending on the situation. And if everyone who was forced to wait because of these bureaucrats carried in the open while they had to wait, maybe someone would light a fire under the bureaucrats and get them off their rear ends.
Phisher34:
Just got mine in the mail: 42 days.
No criminal record of any kind (never even a speeding ticket) and a fairly unique name so wondering if that helped get it in under 45.
Gary:
I sometimes watch the open carry videos on you tube. Those videos, are trying to tick off uncle sam and I wish those people did not own guns. Open carry like they do in Switzerland is a much better way to go about it. Because so many people do it, and because their military is made up of home owners, everybody has a full auto rifle locked up at home, or on their shoulder. In the USA, open carry is more of a politically incorrect social statement, than a positive force, right or wrong.
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