Posted on 01/14/2007 1:14:11 AM PST by Richard-SIA
From my latest NRA e-mail!
NEVADA
Currently, it's illegal to own or possess a handgun in Clark County, Nevada, unless it's registered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
This means that if you have a Nevada Right-to-Carry permit from any other county outside of Clark County, your pistol must be registered in Clark County if you are there more than one day.
Even if you come to Clark County to participate in a pistol-shooting event or gun show that lasts more than one day, your pistol must be registered with the sheriff of Clark County.
The Nevada Revised Statutes (244.364) establishes a uniform state law for all firearms in the state of Nevada.
However, when the law was passed in 1989, Clark County was "grandfathered," which means that any and all local ordinances governing firearms before the law went into effect were allowed to stand.
State Senator John Lee (D-Clark County), is introducing legislation in the 2007 Session (BDR S-45) that will eliminate this "grandfather clause" from the State Firearms Preemption Law.
This will remove the patchwork of local gun laws and protect law-abiding Nevada gun owners from inadvertently becoming criminals.
It is vital that NRA members communicate with their legislators prior to the session start date of February 5, while they are still in the districts, and ask them to join Senator Lee and co-author this very important piece of legislation.
BDR S-45 has yet to be assigned a bill number, but when it does go to print, it would send a strong message of support to Senator Lee if it had your legislator's name attached as a co-author.
Thank you for your support!
Please keep checking your e-mail and www.NRAILA.org for future updates on this threat to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the State of Nevada!
If you cannot prove you have been in Clark County less than 24 hours and use your gun in self defense you may be charged at the whim of the county D.A., no matter how justified your firearm use.
It is time for this "registration" cash cow and hassle to go away, and we need to support this bill, as if we don't the liberals of L.V. intend to expand this "registration" to the rest of the state.
I have been to the legislature to observe and to testify on RKBA related bills many times, I have no doubt that the Nevada Sheriff & Chief's Association will scream and lie to prevent L.V. having to give up their pet "registration". The association really wants to expand registration state-wide, so will suddenly find (manufacture) "Proof" that it solves all sorts of crimes.
We finally have a genuine pro-gun governor, it is time to dump Gun Registration in ALL of Nevada!
I sure am glad that I don't travel to Vegas more than a couple of times a year and then generally it's an overnight trip because I had no idea that I was supposed to register my handgun with the Sheriff.
Why?
Because anyone who knows his/her business about carrying concealed, knows how not to be noticed.
I am quite capable of killing persons my size or smaller (or bigger if I get the bulge on them!) with my bare hands.
I suppose the next great thing will be that I have to register my hands, or put them in a lock-box (next to my generative organ).
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Not this.
AM
Second that!!
Mark Twain fan, I presume?
I live in Vegas, born here, and am moving out of the county in a couple months for reasons like this in many areas.. but I do not understand your use of the term "Cashcow". While unconstitutional, a PITA and scary, registration of your handgun in las vegas costs nothing but about 15 minutes at the local copshop substastion. I think the better result of the bill being passed would be the elimination of the north las vegas and boulder city bans on open carry or carry in your personal vehicle, and to once and for all (hopefully) end the threat of statewide registration.
Just my $.02, YMMV
Erus
Please define "Activism" if urging members of a specific locale (NV) to contact their legislators on a specific issue, at a particular time, is not.
My information has been that "registration" involves a fee of $15 per gun.
I avoid LV, and have never registered anything there, so I may have been misinformed as to the cost.
Waiting in line to have my rights violated does not appeal to me, even if it's free.
You miss the point, if YOU should have to defend yourself, and have been in LV for more than 24 hours, YOU are subject to prosecution for failing to register your means of defense.
It has nothing to do with how effectively you conceal your defense weapon.
It does have to do with how you will be treated by L.E. when they decide YOU are some sort of bad guy for failing to comply with their B.S. law.
Do you really want to risk L.E. taking a negative attitude against you in a case that can have it's direction decided by the first cop to respond, or some ambitious DA?
It has nothing to do with how effectively you conceal your defense weapon.
It does have to do with how you will be treated by L.E. when they decide YOU are some sort of bad guy for failing to comply with their B.S. law.
Do you really want to risk L.E. taking a negative attitude against you in a case that can have it's direction decided by the first cop to respond, or some ambitious DA?
Rather than get into some banter about unjust laws are not laws to be obeyed, I will just say in the simplest terms I would rather be judged for my actions by 12 of my peers in the system than carried by 6 of my friends to be buried.
You have been misinformed.
We just registered my wife's Bersa about two and a half weeks ago. It took just a few mintues. She filled out a one page form, they did a computer warrant check to be sure she was legally allowed to own, presumably, and handed her the "Blue Card".
Calling the local police department will verify there is no cost.
(702) 229-3394 (LMVPD Public information Office)
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