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Wildgoose:
Thanks for the reply Dan. Well put and I agree with you. As for the misdemeanors in question, if they were made felonies then I would have no problem with that. I truly feel that lowering the bar for the loss of ones constitutional rights is a very dangerious path to go down. At what point can one have his or her rights taken away for spitting on the sidewalk. On the other hand if these "misdemeanors" are of a grave enough concern then they should be felonies in the first place. At any rate I hope they are either upgraded or this issue is done away with all together. Otherwise we will wind up with a diffrent set of laws in Lincoln for those who have CHP's and those who do not. Hopefully LB430 will bring up this issue again with the city council at some point.

iiranger:
Casady "advising the city council..."  !! Police chiefs, unlike sheriff's which have to be elected, police chief's are HIRED (by the city council, et al). What is needed is the political clout to oust the people who hired him. Think he would change his tune? Probably. If not, he can be replaced.

bullit:
Problem is you will NEVER get rid of a Democratic majority or at least equivalency on the Lincoln City Council.  The citizens of this city are "out there man".

armed and humorous:
First of all, I am unaware of any Lincoln ordinance prohibiting a person from carrying a firearm in a city park.  If anyone has documented evidence of this, I would like to know about it.

As far as Chief Casady goes, I think it is clear he would prefer that carrying concealed handguns had not been legalized.  However, his main objections are regarding what he calls loopholes, that allow certain individuals to obtain a permit who perhaps shouldn't be carrying guns at all.  I think he realizes, as we all do, that legally carrying concealed poses no danger to anyone but criminals out to do us harm.  He wants to keep guns out of the hands of those who are likely to do stupid, or illegal things with them, thereby causing harm to citizens or his officers.  I certainly don't agree with all of the things he considers indicators of this likelihood, but some of them are probably not unreasonable.  Still, like some of you have commented, I think the way to go about it is to have these offenses considered as felonies rather than create a separate list of misdemeanor offenses that would deny a CHP or even the right to possess or carry a gun.

I'm not supporting his stance or methods, just the fact that he is a man of his word, he deserves to have his own opinion, and he's not the anti-gun zealot that some of you are making him out to be.

Dan W:
http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/attorn/lmc/ti12/ch1208.pdf

12.08.200 Weapons Prohibited in Parks.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or discharge, or cause to be discharged,
within any park, any firearm, including, but not limited to, any pistol, revolver, shotgun, or rifle.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or discharge, or cause to be discharged,
within any park, any air rifle, bow and arrow, crossbow, toy pistol, toy gun, slingshot, or any other
air, gas, manually operated or spring operated gun, weapon, apparatus, or instrument designed or
intended to be used for the purpose of throwing or projecting missiles of any kind by any means
whatsoever, whether the instrument is called by any name set forth above or by any other name.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Director of the Parks and Recreation Department
may designate areas in certain parks and park facilities to allow various organized programs to
engage in the activities described herein.
(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to duly
authorized Parks and Recreation Department employees or law enforcement officers acting in the
course of their duty. (Ord. 17365 ?1; June 29, 1998: P.C. ? 12.08.120: Ord. 12600 ? 1; June 25,
1979: Ord. 10868 ? 1; July 23, 1973: Ord. 3489 ? 30-112, as amended by Ord. 5775; July 12, 1954).

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