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keithw1975
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Posted: Sat Jun 6th, 2009 02:06 am |
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Those fall my family will be taking a trip through Nebraska. Not that it matters but I have a MO CCW permit. My father in law and brother in law are LEO and can carry in all 50 states because of the federal law but I am not that lucky. I called the Nebraska Highway Patrol and they said it had to be out of reach of the driver but from what I am reading I am ok if it's carried openly. I am not going through Omaha. Can I just open carry it on my hip in the car?
Keith
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Darth AkSarBen
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Posted: Sat Jun 6th, 2009 03:39 am |
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keithw1975 wrote: Can I just open carry it on my hip in the car?
Keith
In short, No. On the dash it should be alright. In the trunk of the car locked, should be ok. Your side, on the hip, would be construed as "concealed" within a car. IE it is not readily visible to a Law Enforcement or other officer, if it is on your hip. Which, also puts it "within" reach. However, I have talked with former Garden County Sheriff, and who retired from NE State Patrol, and as long as it is plainly visible, like on the dash, should be ok.
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MatieA
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Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 07:38 pm |
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| I just spoke with a State Trooper who himself does not have a problem with people open carrying, but he did say that it MUST be clearly visible while in a vehicle and that if stopped you MUST tell the officer that you have a "loaded firearm" in the vehicle. He also stated that a lot of officers around the state will have a problem with anyoe open carrying a "loaded" firearm, and I find that to be truly sad; why would you want to carry an unloaded firearm? He also stated that carrying on your hip, while on a motorcycle is perfectly legal, as long as there is nothing that could hide it from view. He also stated once again, that if I were to do so, that I would stand a better than average chance of being stopped just beacause I was carrying. I only live a mile from the state line, and would like to know that I can legally cross the state line without being harrased, but it appears that there are State Troopers that do not like the fact that people can carry legally.
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Mike
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Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 08:18 pm |
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| We are tracking NE as allowing unlicensed open carry of handguns in vehicles; however, it appears there is a preemption issue so perhaps we need to change this to "where local law allows." See http://www.opencarry.org/travel.html
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Mike
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Posted: Wed Jun 24th, 2009 08:18 pm |
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| We are tracking NE as allowing unlicensed open carry of handguns in vehicles; however, it appears there is a preemption issue so perhaps we need to change this to "where local law allows." See http://www.opencarry.org/travel.html
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Nebduckman
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Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 02:57 pm |
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Guys if you read the statue about what the term concealed means "if the weapon is not completely covered". So I understand that if my weapon is outside of my shirt on my right side and I'm talking to the "man" and he is standing to my left, You are still legal.
But your attorney may need to defend that term under the NE statue.
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