Posted on 03/26/2022 4:39:58 AM PDT by marktwain
Due to the energetic efforts of Nebraska State Senator Tom Brewer, Nebraska is getting close to passing LB 773, the Nebraska Constitutional Carry bill in 2022.
LB 773 has already been pulled (forced out by a vote of the Senate) from the committee, and passed the General File cloture vote with 33 votes, and three more that switched their votes when they saw it was going to pass.
It was a very close thing. In the Nebraska unicameral legislature, each bill has to pass through three votes which may be filibustered. The three votes are in the General File (done), the Select File (pending) and the Final vote (after the Select File).
This correspondent recently talked with Richard Clark, a member of Tom Brewer’s staff.
In order to obtain the votes to make it through the Select File closure vote, Senator Brewer has offered up an amendment, AM 2106, to cater to the Omaha Police Officer’s Association. The amendment allows Omaha to require registration of handguns to be carried in Omaha, for those who do not have a permit recognized by Nebraska law. Nebraska currently recognizes permits from about 35 states, for people who are 21 years old or older. The amendment requires Omaha to register a handgun from any applicant who is not prohibited from owning a firearm under Nebraska or Federal law. Current law in the city of Omaha is very restrictive. LB 773 and Amendment AM 2106 eliminate about 90 percent of those restrictions, but allows the much truncated registration restrictions to continue.
The bill allows a person to be prosecuted for carrying a concealed weapon, if they do so during while committing 70 listed crimes. There are about 1200 listed crimes in
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
That registration requirement doesn’t make any sense at all.
L
I love the way “these esteemed colleagues “write triple and quadruple negatives in their laws: it is illegal to carry if you are not prohibited from carrying a concealed that is not otherwise illegal elsewhere.
Perhaps a pre-emption bill ought to go first, so the assembly dosebt have the burden of correcting all the piecemeal laws that make an unreasonable burden on citizens.
If arms are written in the state constitution, then only the state ought to have authority regarding laws concerning arms.
Nope. “Gun control” never does make sense. Nonetheless, this moves things forward and would be a significant win. The legislature can attack the gun registration requirements next year. As the leftists love to say “this is an important first step…”
“Perhaps a pre-emption bill ought to go first, so the assembly dosebt have the burden of correcting all the piecemeal laws that make an unreasonable burden on citizens.”
The Communists in Colorado got rid of their pre-emption statute to allow every little municipality to write it’s own rules.
Awesome, when it passes this will be the 25th state to recognize that the 2nd Amendment means what it actually says
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt"
Its not just if you live in Omaha, if you drive through Omaha you are expected to register.
It was thought the difference was the lobbying by the Omaha Police Officer's Association, which wanted to keep the gun registration requirement.
“ if you drive through Omaha you are expected to register.”
Unconstitutional on its face.
L
I’d do my level best to never go to Omaha, then.
CC
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.