LB68 - State Preemption has advanced out of the Committee. However, it has a really horrible Amendment, and I mean horrible. It will allow Metropolitan cities, ie Omaha to do whatever they want. Also, proof of ownership among other things are also bad parts of the amendment. The NFOA is on top of it and we are working on this. No one is happy with the way this bill has turned.

I figured I'd update everyone.... LB68 is on the agenda and will be talked about tomorrow. There is a very strong antigun push on this one. The amendment, which isn't perfect, but its better than not getting it to the floor. The amendment is a victory in 92 out of 93 counties. This bill will emlininate the Omaha handgun registration and Lincoln's backdoor registration, those are two great victories!

If you are in favor, I suggest you contact your State Rep now! We need to keep the pressure up. Sen Chambers will filibuster the bill, so floor debate will at least take 8 hours.

Seems like my last post about LB68 being talked about was wrong! Its on the agenda, but got pushed back. Oh well, gives you some more time to contact your State Senator and tell them to support LB68.

There are several Senators that are looking to bog this bill down with amendments. The Senators that need urging are from Districts 27 - Anna Wishart, 3 - Carol Blood, 45 - Sue Crawford and 13 - Justin Wayne. There might be a few others on the fence. If you haven't contacted your State Senator, I suggest you do it. Don't take any votes for granted! Preemption did not advance by 1 vote last year.

Don't know your district? That's fine, look it up here: http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/senators/senator_find.php

If you want some facts on LB68 and State Firearm Preemption, check out the NFOA-PAF's website here: http://nfoapaf.org/2017-legislation-priorities-nfoa/

Thanks for reading and following along!

YES! LB68 - State Firearms Preemption has advanced to the next round with AM630 attached. I'm not a fan of the Amendment, but this is better than nothing.

The NFOA has been pretty active on their Facebook and Twitter pages pushing for LB68.

Well, looks like the Legislative session is all but over. LB68 has been pulled for this session, but it will be early up when the reconvene in January. The NSF did get several of their priority bills passed, so congrats to them. The NFOA will prepare and plan this summer and hit it hard later this year.

The NFOA has some meetings and get togethers this summer. I'll post them here.

Thanks for following along.

The Nebraska Legislature begins again tomorrow, Jan 3 @ 10am. Its a short 60 day session.

Anti-gun bill introduced from Senator Patty Pansing-Brooks and others. LB780 - Prohibit manufacture, import, transfer, and possession of multiburst trigger activators and firearm silencers. Link: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=33953

And I missed one... Sen Wayne introduced LB730 - Adopt the Ammunition Excise Tax Act

link: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=33998


I, for one, love my cans and hate taxes.

Here's a couple more gun bills introduced last week:

LB848 by Sen Ebke - adds a single "or" to statute.

LB849 by Sen Ebke - supposedly lays out in statute how a person can get their gun back from the police. I'll need to read it more thoroughly at a later time.

Bill submissions end on Day 10 of the Legislature.

2017 bills
LB39 - Ivory bill is dead.
LB100 - passed 1st round debate
LB637 - failed to make it out of committee. re-introduced in 2018 as LB902

New 2018 bills:
LB902 - Authorize withholding from public information regarding firearm registration
LB849 - Provide procedure for return of handguns temporarily taken by Law enforcement
LB848 - Correct a provision relating to possession by prohibited person

LB902, which protects firearm owner's personal info from release, has a Committee hearing today.

LB780, which would outlaw suppressors and bumpfire stocks has a Committee hearing Jan 25.

A bad thing about Jan 25, is that it is in the middle of SHOT Show, so pretty much every suppressor dealer will be in Las Vegas. The American Suppressor Association (ASA) and the NFOA will be giving testimony against this bill.

Supposedly the NRA is fighting the bill as well, but they get no love from me.

Yesterday, the NFOA testified on two bills. LB780, which aims to ban suppressors and bump stocks and LB849, which outlines how guns taken from someone will return them and therefore there is less red tape and a speedier recovery.

On LB849 - it seemed like a good reception, but since the Judiciary Committee is lined with anti-gunners and a short session and property taxes, etc, I don't know about this one getting out this year.

On LB780 - there is an amendment to take out suppressors, so they are safe. However, the reception on this bill by the Committee members was pretty poor. Several Senators seemed like they didn't care about any of the opposition testimony. The questions that they asked were very narrow minded, IMO. Sen Pansing-Brooks in her closing statement mentioned something like we are not after your guns, we are after this accessory. Guess what, a stripped lower receiver is the actual gun, everything else is an accessory for that firearm. This is a slippery slope and I don't want to go down that road. But also, since this is a short session and there is a fight over the budget and taxes, I hope it won't make it out of Committee, but you never know. If it gets picked up as a Priority Bill, then it will get out for sure.

Sen Chambers is upset about his Prairie Dog bill getting shut down again. He is dragging it out on the floor.

IMO, we need to vote better in Nebraska for Legislature. Too many RINOs and anti-gunners getting in there.

short update....

LB321 - this will allow college teams to store rifles, pistols and shotguns on campus for campus competitions. right now only the rifle team can do that. this seeks to allow all shooting sports. it is going to final reading soon. this is good.

LB848 - it has been placed on General File and might hit the floor for debate soon.

LB666 and LB556 are on the Agenda, but they are at the bottom, so it might be a couple of days before they get debated on the floor.

Some of the NFOA's Board of Directors was on 1290 KOIL on Sunday AM. Here's the NFOA's facebook post about it...


"If you missed us this Sunday, you haven't missed out! Listen to the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association online! Members of our Board of Directors discussed several topics of importance for firearms owners in Nebraska. From current firearms law, state preemption to advance our rights, and how we work to serve the citizens of Nebraska. If you missed the interview today on 1290 KOIL, you can listen here: Link to mp3

Well the session is over. A few good bills were passed like LB902, LB321, LB100 and LB990. There might be a few others. Rickets also vetoed LB449, Sen Chambers' Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Management Act.

And now some news.... The NFOA will have its 2018 Annual Members meeting @ DE Guns near Lincoln on Aug 25! More details will come available after things are finalized. Stay tuned to the NFOA forum, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and MeWe for more!

Thank you for taking the time to post these updates. I appreciate it!!

Corey

Thank you, Robert. Hearing good news is always appreciated.




Charlie