Local gun laws under fire in Nebraska from bill that would make state regulations supreme

[TexasTowelie]

LINCOLN — Members of the Omaha Police Department recently arrested a man who was driving around with a rifle leaning between his right leg and the center console.

The man posted photos of an AR-15 on social media as he drove. The rifle was loaded. And he is a member of the 38th Street Bloods.

Under state law, he had committed no crime.

But an Omaha ordinance that prohibits transporting loaded rifles allowed police to take a known gang member off the streets, at least temporarily.

It’s the kind of situation that explains why the Omaha Police Officers Association opposes a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would force cities, villages and counties to repeal their local gun ordinances in favor of less-restrictive state gun regulations.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/news/legislature/local-gun-laws-under-fire-in-nebraska-from-bill-that/article_8ce74130-f427-54c9-a3ed-0410bea282be.html

[J_William_Ryan]

1. Its the kind of situation that exhibits the hypocrisy common to most on the right.

Conservatives, purveyors of the ‘will of the people,’ and who supposedly oppose government regulation and intrusion, in this case seek to compel conformity and ignore the will of the people of local jurisdictions and their right to enact lawful, Constitutional measures as they see fit.

“State Sen. Mike Hilgers of Lincoln, a committee member who sponsored the bill, said Friday that he believes the local codes infringe upon gun rights in both the Nebraska and U.S. Constitutions.” ibid

Wrong.

The Omaha ordinance that prohibits transporting loaded rifles is perfectly Constitutional, it does not ‘infringe’ on the Second Amendment, as the Supreme Court has made no ruling invalidating such an ordinance.