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Open Carry in Omaha and Lincoln
Theodore:
From the Omaha Municipal Code...
Sec. 20-206. - Carrying weapons.
(a)
As provided in section 20-192, the carrying of a concealed weapon is expressly forbidden.
(b)
In all other cases, it shall be unlawful for a person to go armed with a loaded concealable firearm of any kind or to knowingly carry or transport a concealable firearm in a motor vehicle, provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the following persons:
(1)
Persons lawfully entitled to possess a firearm while upon the premises where he or she regularly resides or is regularly employed.
(2)
Peace officers.
(3)
Members of the armed forces of the United States, the National Guard, or the Reserve Officer Training Corps when on duty or training.
(4)
Persons who for any lawful purpose carry an unloaded concealable firearm inside a closed and fastened container or securely wrapped package which is too large to be concealed on the person.
(5)
Persons who for any lawful purpose carry or transport an unloaded concealable firearm in a vehicle inside a closed and fastened container or securely wrapped package which is too large to be concealed on the person or inside a cargo or luggage compartment where the concealable firearm will not be readily accessible to any person riding in the vehicle or common carrier.
(6)
Persons in or upon a shooting range or the regular business premises of a federally and city licensed firearms dealer.
(7)
Persons engaged in a generally recognized course of instruction in the use of firearms, such as hunter safety instructions or instruction for the purpose of obtaining an identification card showing satisfactory completion of the firearm training program as set forth in section 20-207
(8)
Persons who have verified to the city that they are entitled to a waiver of the firearm training program as set forth in section 20-207(k).
(9)
Persons who have obtained and display an identification card showing satisfactory completion of the firearm training program as set forth in section 20-207
(10)
Persons possessing a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm under Nebraska Law.
The emphasis is mine. The easiest way to open carry in Omaha is to have your CHP. I do it occasionally and haven't ever been hassled.
shovelhead69:
"Just make sure you have plenty of money for an attorney/legal fees when "proving" yourself. No disrespect meant in my comment, either"
I open carry all the time and all it has cost me is about 20-40min of educating the ofc who respond's, then after that a sgt or higher will come explain their job to them along with my given right's and nullify everything.
Then again I do not look like your avg prep clean cut guy so I have been stopped more for profiling than anything else. They don't even look in my direction anymore as the fun has died down since I first relocated here, well that and case I had with one of the local dept's had little bit to do with it.
I have a varied past and it freed my mind as well as my ass!
UPCrawfish:
--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on February 10, 2013, 02:12:38 PM ---Requires completion of a class/course more or less equivalent to the NE Concealed Handgun Permit class. Costs $100 at the National Safety Council - Nebraska, where I happen to teach it.
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SFG,
I've got a good friend who is currently working for Borsheim's Security while he waits on the invitation to join the OPD. He took the National Safety Council class a couple of years ago and was NOT impressed by what he heard and saw. (From his description of the instructor - it was NOT YOU ;>)). After the instructor had 'painted the class' 4 or 5 times with the hand gun he had had enough and on the break he spoke up. He got some attitude from the instructor but the class was not "down range" after that.
XDHusker:
--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on February 10, 2013, 02:12:38 PM ---Open Carry in Omaha........
Requires completion of a class/course more or less equivalent to the NE Concealed Handgun Permit class. Costs $100 at the National Safety Council - Nebraska, where I happen to teach it. Completion of the course leads to a Handgun Identification Card [HIC] [colloquially, aka Open Carry Permit].
Most folks who obtain the Omaha HIC/Open Carry Permit are uniformed security guards, bank guards, armored truck drivers, mall guards, and other such persons where the combination of the uniform and the holstered handgun provoke little attention nor citizen response.
I have never seen a non-uniformed person open carrying in Omaha. It would be a strange sight. Might set off a coupla dozen cell phones calling 911: "Man With Gun!!!!!"
And..........Yes, it is indeed Everyone's Right.
However............We probably have an equal right to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
To do so might require some kind of permit. Just like the Handgun Identification Card/Open Carry Permit. Both actions contain certain perils. Even if they are clearly within our rights.
sfg
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I've lived in Omaha for 12 years and one time I saw a clean cut guy in a polo and khakis open carrying at the subway on 108th & L. He was having lunch with his wife/girlfriend. I looked at him wondering if he was law enforcement, but there was no badge and everyone seemed to be ignoring him.
I didn't ask (or run out of the building screaming) so I'm not 100% sure, but I considered him an open carrier.
SemperFiGuy:
Upcrawfish:
Yes.....You were rightly informed.
I'm trying to help some folks clean up their acts.
Old habits die hard.
Appear to be deeply ingrained.
sfg
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