Posted January 9, 2018 3:00 pm by Comments

By Patrick Richardson

Currently, in Nebraska local communities are able to set their own gun regulations. The upshot is a microcosm of current practice in the U.S., where someone who can legally carry concealed in Kansas would be a felon if they did so in, say, New Jersey. Nebraskans currently court the same fate in their own state.

Legislative Bill 68 would put Nebraska in line with more than 40 other states that require gun regulations to be set in capitol buildings rather than in city halls. The bill also contains a provision that would allow individuals and organizations to sue local governments that try to enforce ordinances more restrictive than state law.

Proponents of the bill, including the National Rifle Association, say the patchwork of gun ordinances across Nebraska is confusing and can turn lawful gun owners into unintentional offenders. The lawsuit provision is needed to make sure local governments respect the rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment, they argue, the Omaha World-Herald reports.

The anti-gun crowd likes to talk about “common sense gun control” – well, this is merely common sense.

It is ludicrous that someone from Grand Island, Nebraska, should suddenly be an offender simply because they traveled to Omaha. …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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