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Lincoln Chief of Police being anti CC
OnTheFly:
Edit: Dang! Dan W. beat me to it. ;D
Here it is...
City Ordinance, Title 12- Parks, Chapter 12.08, GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
The text is below. Emphasis added.
--- Quote ---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.
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Fly
Dan W:
LB 430 would have ended this for CHP holders, but the City of Lincoln will just post the parks with signage that would prevent legal concealed carry.
armed and humorous:
Thnaks for that info, Dan. I guess it was wrong for me to try and look it up under the "weapons" section of the code. That's the first time I've ever known anything about carrying firearms in our parks being illegal. I don't think Casady has ever even mentioned it. I would imagine that even that law would not apply to a CHP holder once 430 becomes effective.
I was actually charged once, many years ago, for discharging a firearm in a city park. I was not even aware I was in a park at the time. It was along the creek through Wilderness Park which was not a park when I left Lincoln for a stint in the navy. Apparently, it was by the time I got back and decide to go out plinking with my brother to an area we had frequently gone years earlier. I assumed we were actually being charged with discharging firearms within the city limits and not specifically because we were in a park. Obviously, we were also in possession of firearms, too (each with a revolver and a rifle). Not only that, but we each had our dogs with us running loose (also against the law). My dog, which had been playing in the muddy creek, also managed to jump into the front seat of the park police officer's car and shake off the muddy water all over the interior. The officer himself, took it rather well, and actually seemed to regret having to cite us once we explained we had both been in the service for four years and were not aware we were in a park. On our day in court, most of the others there were charged with allowing their dogs to run loose in a city park, a charge we were not cited for. All in all, I think it only cost us about $40 a piece, and we got all our guns back once the fines were paid. Good thing that was over ten years ago, or I wouldn't have been able to get my CHP.
I guess from now on, I'll have to pay a little more attention to what I'm carrying if I pass through the park. Come to think of it, I was just out walking my dog (on a leash) and walked all through Antelope Park carrying my .45. I was on the sidewalk along the street, so maybe I would have been okay there anyway.
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: armed and humorous ---I would imagine that even that law would not apply to a CHP holder once 430 becomes effective.
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As Dan said, if the city finds a legitimate way to post the "No Weapons" signs in/around the park, then it will make CC illegal. Regardless of 430.
Fly
wwhuskerman:
--- Quote from: OnTheFly on July 19, 2009, 09:34:52 PM ---
--- Quote from: armed and humorous ---I would imagine that even that law would not apply to a CHP holder once 430 becomes effective.
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As Dan said, if the city finds a legitimate way to post the "No Weapons" signs in/around the park, then it will make CC illegal. Regardless of 430.
Fly
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But isn't that the point of 430...?... that the cities and counties can't have ordinances that differ from the State? If there's no variation allowed from State law, then there is no legitimate way to ban conceal carry in parks, is there?
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