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WTF Omaha?
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110419/NEWS97/704199885#homeowner-no-choice-but-shoot
Why would you have to register your handgun with anyone?
H.
Omaha has handgun registration. I lived there for about 6 months back in the 80's...It was the longest 3 years of my life.
Dirt Diver
04-21-2011, 09:19
Hall said he was not aware that he had to register his gun in Omaha. He said he registered it in California when he bought it 20 years ago while working security for Hughes Aircraft, and he thought that was sufficient.
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“I went in and was calling out, ‘I'm the homeowner, I have a gun, I'm just looking, just come out, I don't want to scare you,'” Hall said. “I said several times, ‘I have a gun' and ‘If you are here, let me know.'”
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He said he pointed the gun at “center mass” and yelled, “Freeze, don't move, I'm the homeowner, I have a gun, don't move.'”
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“Someone is pointing a gun at you, shouting ‘freeze, don't move,' you don't rush at the guy,” Hall said. “He (King) wasn't thinking logically. He wasn't acting right.”
So with a gun pointed at him (James King) rushes Hall? I would have blasted him too.
The first excerpt alone should be sufficient in getting Hall out of this mess.
Take with a grain of salt...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)
No salt needed. The city of Omaha does require handgun registration. See http://www.opd.ci.omaha.ne.us/services/citizen-services/handgun-registration
The state of Nebraska does not.
The area where the shooting took place is very high crime. The owner should have had a shotgun.
tonantius
04-21-2011, 16:10
WTF Omaha?
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110419/NEWS97/704199885#homeowner-no-choice-but-shoot
Why would you have to register your handgun with anyone?
H.
Omaha requires their residents to register their handguns. My sister worked in the DA's office a few years back. The Nebraska State Unicameral has passed legislation that you don't have to register a handgun if you have a CCW. they are also looking at overriding Omaha's law. We should send this to Alan Gura at the 2nd Amendment Foundation so he can look at fighting this.
tonantius
04-21-2011, 16:15
I sent the info to the 2nd Amendment Foundation.
Heh. Its better than our nation's capitol, Washington D.C., where up until recently it was ILLEGAL to own a handgun within the city limits. Even today you have to register all guns and pay hundred$ in fees plus some training class. Gay.
Sorry, back on topic. I grew up just south of Omaha and I agree that its dumb to have to register them. I dont see the point.
Colorado Springs had that carbon paper form for registration up until 2002 or thereabouts. I can't find a copy anymore, it was smaller than a 3x5 card and the customer copy was green or blue.
Not quite as long ago I asked someone knowledgeable here about the warning you sometimes hear over the scanner about weapons known to be at a location, and that info was because of prior police activity not some evil database.
KevDen2005
04-21-2011, 21:42
Nebraska is weird. I always thought it would be a place where guns were accepted more and more of a way of life...guess not if you have to register your stuff there.
How could anyone read that article, see the photo of the perp, and NOT understand why he was shot? Look at that guy!
KevDen2005
04-21-2011, 21:57
How could anyone read that article, see the photo of the perp, and NOT understand why he was shot? Look at that guy!
Wow....I am glad you aren't going around shooting all the people that look like they need to be shot...[ROFL1] [UZI]
Don't put words in my mouth chump. :) I never said he needs to be shot based on his looks.
But....
Just look at him!
KevDen2005
04-21-2011, 22:03
Don't put words in my mouth chump. :) I never said he needs to be shot based on his looks.
But....
Just look at him!
I'm just messin' with ya
[Beer]
That smiley in my post is strategically placed. Chump. :)
KevDen2005
04-21-2011, 22:06
That smiley in my post is strategically placed. Chump. :)
Oh...I just thought you liked smiley faces...my bad....
Oh I do. I even called the DMV about a personalized plate, but apparently a colon and a parenthesi aren't approved characters.
KevDen2005
04-21-2011, 22:14
Oh I do. I even called the DMV about a personalized plate, but apparently a colon and a parenthesi aren't approved characters.
God I would love to call that plate out when making a traffic stop...
"The plate is going to be Adam Boy 3 4 Smiley face with a wink"
DD977GM2
04-21-2011, 22:34
Registration is pure BS. Screw Omaha and any other city or state that requires the
This is a classic make my day case. The guy's only problem here is the handgun registration, which is total bullshit.
KevDen2005
04-22-2011, 03:53
This is a classic make my day case. The guy's only problem here is the handgun registration, which is total bullshit.
I may have missed it but I thought the house he was in was under construction?
68Charger
04-22-2011, 06:53
Not quite as long ago I asked someone knowledgeable here about the warning you sometimes hear over the scanner about weapons known to be at a location, and that info was because of prior police activity IN some evil database.
fixed it for you... [Coffee]
not trying to start something, just as an IT geek, it struck me that it's all data... how it's gathered is what makes it evil or not.
if prior tenants of your residence had the cops out and the property was flagged as having weapons, and then you move in- is it evil yet?
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