Posted December 22, 2016 6:39 pm by Comments

By James England

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — The Nebraska Supreme Court recently published their decision of State vs. Senn. Senn was charged with being in possession of a concealed handgun despite not having a Concealed Handgun Permit. However, the interpretation of what was considered possession came under scrutiny. The Nebraska Supreme Court decided to open the definition of possession and concealed so much that something as simple as driving home with a gun bought from the store could present problems.

According to the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association, the Nebraska Supreme Court’s interpretation is so broad for what constitutes possession that simply having a gun accessible in your vehicle if your vehicle is halted is included.

In many cases, possession in a vehicle has usually been defined as readily accessible. If readily accessible is opened up to include accessible under certain conditions, i.e. while at a stop light, then it puts a lot of gun owners at risk.

Senn’s Case: In A Nutshell

In order to understand the implications of this Nebraska Supreme Court decision, we have to understand the case behind it. Joseph Senn agreed to help a woman move out of her estranged husband’s house. The husband got home and told Senn he needed to …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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