[Vor Lady]

You are right about it being an Omaha city thing. I had a OPD cop tell me the only people who can carry openly in the city are people who have a 'need', ie security people, PI's, etc.

[IronJack]

Actually, the "need" is pretty easy to prove. But it still grates on me that of all the protections in the Bill of Rights, the only one I have to establish a "need" for is the most important of all: my "need" to self defense.

If I have to prove a need, then the question necessarily arises: "to whom?" Whomever has the power to recognize (or refuse to recognize) my need, becomes the one granting me the right. And that is precisely what the Constitution does NOT do.