NE: Gun rights advocates flex muscles, advance constitutional carry bill
LINCOLN — Gun rights advocates flexed their legislative muscle Friday as a “permitless” concealed carry bill — which has failed to pass in previous years — easily won first-round approval.
Legislative Bill 77 would allow people to carry a concealed weapon without obtaining a state permit and passing a gun safety course. It would also nullify local gun ordinances, such as those in Omaha and Lincoln.
The bill overcame a three-day-long filibuster and was advanced on a 36-12 vote.
It advanced despite opposition from the mayors and police chiefs of the state’s two largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The main sponsor of the bill said the conservative shift in the 49-seat Unicameral this year certainly helped the measure.
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