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Nebraska permitless carry bill would circumvent local gun laws
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Nebraska Winners
Apr 9, 2023, 4:30:39 AM4/9/23
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LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - A bill working through the Nebraska Unicameral
could wipe local control of handgun licensing if a permitless conceal
carry bill takes hold.
If you want to buy a long gun in Nebraska, the firearms dealer first goes
through the FBI database to make sure you don’t have a criminal past that
would disqualify you.
But if you want to buy a handgun in Nebraska, you must first get a
purchase permit from the sheriff. It’s like a background check.
LB77 would dissolve local control of gun ordinances if passed.
LB77, also known as “permitless constitutional carry,” passed the first
round in the Nebraska Legislature on Friday. It would remove that local
control and allow those who can legally buy a handgun also be able to
conceal it in public without getting a permit or taking a safety and
training class. To be clear, the bill would not impact current federal
background checks that are done on handguns purchases.
If approved, the constitutional carry gun bill would do away with Omaha’s
gun ordinances, some of which could be considered stronger than those on
the federal level.
Douglas County Sheriff’s data from the last three years shows that less
than 400 people applying for a handgun permit have been denied in each of
the previous two years.
In 2021, the sheriff issued more than 5,000 handgun purchase permits and
denied 373.
In 2022, nearly 4,500 applied and 398 were denied.
So far this year, 842 have applied for a handgun purchase permit and 57 of
them have been rejected.
The rejections can happen for a number of reasons, from being a felon,
getting arrested for domestic violence, having drug convictions — even for
lying on the forms.
In just this year alone, there are 20 Douglas County residents who were
denied a handgun purchase permit for this reason: having a drug conviction
within the last 10 years. That’s an Omaha ordinance that would go away if
LB77 goes through.
Experts argue that In many cases, those same individuals would be able to
get a handgun permit under federal background checks.
6 News was told that the system gets even harder to navigate when it comes
to checking histories of those who have mental health questions.
“That will change if the City of Omaha loses the ability to have local
control for gun ordinances,” Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson said.
“It’s not for me to decide whether that’s appropriate — I’ll leave it up
to the policymakers — but at that point, we’ll be relying on that federal
and state prohibitive factors.”
LB77 advanced from the first round of a filibuster on Friday.
Half of the states in the country allows someone who can legally purchase
a handgun to also conceal it in public without getting a permit or taking
the eight-hour safety class.
It’s not clear when lawmakers will vote on the second round, but the
session is a few days shy of its halfway point.
<https://www.wowt.com/2023/03/08/nebraska-permitless-carry-bill-would-
circumvent-local-gun-laws/>
could wipe local control of handgun licensing if a permitless conceal
carry bill takes hold.
If you want to buy a long gun in Nebraska, the firearms dealer first goes
through the FBI database to make sure you don’t have a criminal past that
would disqualify you.
But if you want to buy a handgun in Nebraska, you must first get a
purchase permit from the sheriff. It’s like a background check.
LB77 would dissolve local control of gun ordinances if passed.
LB77, also known as “permitless constitutional carry,” passed the first
round in the Nebraska Legislature on Friday. It would remove that local
control and allow those who can legally buy a handgun also be able to
conceal it in public without getting a permit or taking a safety and
training class. To be clear, the bill would not impact current federal
background checks that are done on handguns purchases.
If approved, the constitutional carry gun bill would do away with Omaha’s
gun ordinances, some of which could be considered stronger than those on
the federal level.
Douglas County Sheriff’s data from the last three years shows that less
than 400 people applying for a handgun permit have been denied in each of
the previous two years.
In 2021, the sheriff issued more than 5,000 handgun purchase permits and
denied 373.
In 2022, nearly 4,500 applied and 398 were denied.
So far this year, 842 have applied for a handgun purchase permit and 57 of
them have been rejected.
The rejections can happen for a number of reasons, from being a felon,
getting arrested for domestic violence, having drug convictions — even for
lying on the forms.
In just this year alone, there are 20 Douglas County residents who were
denied a handgun purchase permit for this reason: having a drug conviction
within the last 10 years. That’s an Omaha ordinance that would go away if
LB77 goes through.
Experts argue that In many cases, those same individuals would be able to
get a handgun permit under federal background checks.
6 News was told that the system gets even harder to navigate when it comes
to checking histories of those who have mental health questions.
“That will change if the City of Omaha loses the ability to have local
control for gun ordinances,” Douglas County Sheriff Aaron Hanson said.
“It’s not for me to decide whether that’s appropriate — I’ll leave it up
to the policymakers — but at that point, we’ll be relying on that federal
and state prohibitive factors.”
LB77 advanced from the first round of a filibuster on Friday.
Half of the states in the country allows someone who can legally purchase
a handgun to also conceal it in public without getting a permit or taking
the eight-hour safety class.
It’s not clear when lawmakers will vote on the second round, but the
session is a few days shy of its halfway point.
<https://www.wowt.com/2023/03/08/nebraska-permitless-carry-bill-would-
circumvent-local-gun-laws/>
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