Don’t get all giggly over this as Nebraska isn’t as sanctuary as it sounds.
Article I-1 wasn’t worded like that until 1988. The citizens of the state forced a ballot measure to amend that article after 2 try’s it got on the ballot and passed.
1992 Nebraska implemented the Handgun Purchase Certificate in response to the looming Brady Bill. As soon as this passed Lincoln and Omaha started registering with police every handgun sold no matter what county you resided in for a permanent data base. Omaha took it even farther and registered all handguns and long guns sold and still do to this day.
It took 14 years to get the CHP passed. It is not a CCW as it does not cover anything other than a handgun. No knives with a blade over 3”, no blackjacks etc. Just a handgun.
The Nebraska Supreme Court threw a monkey wrench at us when it ruled that without a CHP you couldn’t travel with a firearm in a car unless it was in a locked case away from all passengers, or that it was unloaded and 100% visible. Down side to this ruling was that now you could get popped for illegal concealed carry of a filet knife in your tackle box if it was in the cargo compartment of your Bronco.
You can’t drive around with a loaded AR or Shotgun for self defense. While not covered per se in the normal regs. It is found in Game law which states that it’s a misdemeanor to have a loaded long gun in the vehicle while traveling on any public road or Highway unless you were a legitimate farmer or rancher using it for pest control.
There’s some other quirks, but you get the point. The state didn’t agree with that wording in I-1 at all, didn’t want it, but the citizens forced it down their throats at the ballot box. Ricketts is just grandstanding.
