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Phisher34:
Quick question, I have recently received my CCW and do a lot of driving for my job. I have some comfortable IWB holsters but nothing helps after a few hours.
I have looked online for the Nebraska State laws regarding CCW while in an automobile and don't see anything that specifically mentions having the loaded handgun in a glove compartment or center console while driving. This is what I found:


--- Quote ---Automobile carry:
Non-permit holders: Shotguns must be unloaded. Loaded rifles & handguns may be in plain view or stowed in the trunk. Unloaded handguns may be transported in locked glove compartments.
--- End quote ---

Anyone know the law regarding this? This would be while driving, so not if I exit the vehicle. The reason the above statement is confusing to me is if the handgun is on your person it is not in plain view (assuming it's concealed).

Thanks

Dan W:
I don't recognize the text you quoted, and in my opinion, it is not correct about non-permit holders concealing a handgun in a glovebox, but if you have a valid Concealed Handgun Permit you can conceal it anywhere in your vehicle you would like

Phisher34:

--- Quote from: Dan W on March 30, 2013, 05:59:29 PM ---I don't recognize the text you quoted, and in my opinion, it is not correct about non-permit holders concealing a handgun in a glovebox, but if you have a valid Concealed Handgun Permit you can conceal it anywhere in your vehicle you would like

--- End quote ---

Thanks Dan,
You're right -- I checked that source and it is from:
http://www.usacarry.com/nebraska_concealed_carry_permit_information.html
So just someone's summary, not actual legal text.

SS_N_NE:
I searched for the glove box thing.
It appears frequently in a lot of places...but the dates are old (around 2001).
Don't see anything similar in NE statues. Except a section about CCW allowing a permit holder to put a handgun in a locked glove box before exiting a vehicle in a parking lot to a place where carry is not permitted.

Dan W:
There is a definition in the law of what a concealed handgun is. We had it added to a CHP clean up bill (that I forget the number)

I am paraphrasing here, but it states that a handgun is not concealed if any portion of it is capable of being seen.

So by inference, I would have to believe that if it is totally hidden from the possibility of being seen, it is a concealed weapon. Therefore a pistol in the glove box is concealed.

Loaded or unloaded is irrelevant.

BTW , no shotgun may be legally transported while loaded, with or without a permit, because it violates game hunting laws

Edit to add:

I found the statutory definition


--- Quote ---69-2429. Terms, defined.

For purposes of the Concealed Handgun Permit Act:

(1) Concealed handgun means the handgun is totally hidden from view. If any part of the handgun is capable of being seen, it is not a concealed handgun;
--- End quote ---

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