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I have been at the fore front of firearms issues in Nebraska for a good many years. The has always been the oft repeated rumor that if one were to carry openly in Lincoln, Nebraska that there would be a citation for breach/disturbing of peace. I have in years past had a couple of city officers and at least one county deputy tell me that they would cite open carry as a breach of peace.
When I queried one of the officers if that applied even if no one complained his reply was, "If you are carrying a firearm you are disturbing someone peace".
Adhering to the age old adage; Where there is smoke there is fire I believed that it happens/ed.
Recently I was able to spend a couple hours with Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady. We have known each other for quite some time and he is a regular reader of my blog. He is acutely aware of all the good and bad I have had to say about him.
One item in particular we discussed was the idea that open carry would be cited as disturbing the peace.
The Chief had heard this rumor as well and was unaware of how and where it started. He relayed that his officers do encounter open carry a time or two a month and that is perfetly legal.
To his knowledge no one has ever been cited for the sole charge of disturbing the peace for openly carrying a holstered sidearm. That is not to say that no one has ever been arrested on that charge for the open display of a firearm, as there have been some that through their own irresponsible actions have called undue attention to themselves. I think that every responsible firearms owner understands that.
The Chief related that the open carry of a holstered sidearm is legal is not cited by him or his officers as a breach of peace. If one of his officers did errantly do so it would be quickly cleared up to the advantage of the open carrier and remedial training given to the officer involved.
The Chief also stated that if they recieved a "person with a gun" call they are duty bound to respond to investigate.
Having been in Law Enforcement I offer the following personal observation;
In the event of a call for "person with a gun" the level of response by the individual officers will be based on the information they recieved from dispatch.
The information dispatched will be based on the information provided by the caller.
If the caller is of the rabid anti-gun variety the information relayed to dispatch may be shall we say "Less than accurate".
I don't think that requires any explanation either.
I hope this clears up a lot of the misconceptions that have been held for years concerning the open carry of sidearms in Lincoln, Nebraska.
I have been at the fore front of firearms issues in Nebraska for a good many years. The has always been the oft repeated rumor that if one were to carry openly in Lincoln, Nebraska that there would be a citation for breach/disturbing of peace. I have in years past had a couple of city officers and at least one county deputy tell me that they would cite open carry as a breach of peace.
When I queried one of the officers if that applied even if no one complained his reply was, "If you are carrying a firearm you are disturbing someone peace".
Adhering to the age old adage; Where there is smoke there is fire I believed that it happens/ed.
Recently I was able to spend a couple hours with Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady. We have known each other for quite some time and he is a regular reader of my blog. He is acutely aware of all the good and bad I have had to say about him.
One item in particular we discussed was the idea that open carry would be cited as disturbing the peace.
The Chief had heard this rumor as well and was unaware of how and where it started. He relayed that his officers do encounter open carry a time or two a month and that is perfetly legal.
To his knowledge no one has ever been cited for the sole charge of disturbing the peace for openly carrying a holstered sidearm. That is not to say that no one has ever been arrested on that charge for the open display of a firearm, as there have been some that through their own irresponsible actions have called undue attention to themselves. I think that every responsible firearms owner understands that.
The Chief related that the open carry of a holstered sidearm is legal is not cited by him or his officers as a breach of peace. If one of his officers did errantly do so it would be quickly cleared up to the advantage of the open carrier and remedial training given to the officer involved.
The Chief also stated that if they recieved a "person with a gun" call they are duty bound to respond to investigate.
Having been in Law Enforcement I offer the following personal observation;
In the event of a call for "person with a gun" the level of response by the individual officers will be based on the information they recieved from dispatch.
The information dispatched will be based on the information provided by the caller.
If the caller is of the rabid anti-gun variety the information relayed to dispatch may be shall we say "Less than accurate".
I don't think that requires any explanation either.
I hope this clears up a lot of the misconceptions that have been held for years concerning the open carry of sidearms in Lincoln, Nebraska.
