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Ashford filed a civil liability bill
Dtrain323i:
http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/Neb-senators-introduce-gun-control-laws/-/9674510/18089438/-/12ihci6z/-/index.html
--- Quote ---Sen. Brad Ashford and the chair of the Judiciary Committee introduced a bill Thursday that would hold gun owners civilly liable if a minor or mentally ill person gets ahold of their firearms to commit a crime.
“Having a firearm is fine. It's a constitutional right, but it doesn't create an exception to personal responsibility,” Ashford said. “What we are asking is similar to the laws on children and liquor.”
Ashford said banning assault weapons or high-capacity ammo clips is a national issue, and his proposal is something the state can do, but gun rights advocates urge caution.
“You can't have them locked up all the time or you can't defend yourself,” said Sen. Mark Christensen.
Christensen believes there is a better way to keep kids safe in school. He is considering reintroducing his proposal to allow trained gun owners to carry a concealed gun in schools.
“Truth is guns protect. People kill. Guns protect,” Christensen said.
Attorney General Jon Bruning said he questions whether more guns in schools is the answer.
“We want to protect our kids, but I'm not sure we want to create an armed encampment,” Bruning said.
Christensen said he has eight days to decide whether he will introduce his guns-in-schools bill as well as a bill that would place the "castle doctrine" in the state's self-defense law, which would make it easier for homeowners to legally use lethal force to defend their property from intruders.
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Wymore Wrangler:
I for one hope he reintroduces both of them...
Phantom:
--- Quote from: Dtrain323i on January 10, 2013, 08:18:03 PM ---Attorney General Jon Bruning said he questions whether more guns in schools is the answer.
“We want to protect our kids, but I'm not sure we want to create an armed encampment,” Bruning said.
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Well I think we can safely say Gun free zones are sure not the answer to keeping them safe.
Maybe Modifying laws to allow for concealed carry Holders to carry in those Zones is one step closer to a solution.
GreyGeek:
The Anti-Constitution crowd mocked the NRA president when he suggested that armed guards in schools would be a good idea. The mockers were ignorant of or dismissed the fact that the media and government elite in Washington send their children to a school that has ELEVEN armed guards in full battle gear, and who knows what kind of heavy weapons are hidden behind the walls?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/23/School-Obama-s-Daughters-Attend-Has-11-Armed-Guards-Not-Counting-Secret-Service
http://cdn.breitbart.com/mediaserver/Breitbart/Big-Government/2012/12/24/sidwellfriendsSecretService.jpg
--- Quote ---The school, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, has 11 security officers and is seeking to hire a new police officer as we speak.
If you dismiss this by saying, "Of course they have armed guards -- they get Secret Service protection," then you've missed the larger point.
The larger point is that this is standard operating procedure for the school, period. And this is the reason people like NBC's David Gregory send their kids to Sidwell, they know their kids will be protected from the carnage that befell kids at a school where armed guards weren't used (and weren't even allowed).
Shame on President Obama for seeking more gun control and for trying to prevent the parents of other school children from doing what he has clearly done for his own. His children sit under the protection guns afford, while the children of regular Americans are sacrificed.
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FarmerRick:
Link to proposed bill: http://nebraskafirearms.org/forum/index.php/topic,7071.0.html
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