Nebraska Statutes / Laws

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Nebraska StatutesNebraska Shooters offers several courses that cover many facets of the laws pertaining to owning and using a firearm, but we are in no way authorized to offer legal advice.  For proper legal advice please seek the services of a licensed attorney.

With that in mind, we would be glad to help guide your through the maze of legal jargon and archives by offering a quick reference to the laws that affect you and a link to the source so you can easily research what you may want to know.

Below you will see a link and brief description for many of the Nebraska Statutes that affect you as a gun owner.

PROPOSED BILLS FOR 2024:

Bill Description Introduced By + Co-Sponsors
LB-883
Eliminate a requirement to obtain a handgun purchase certificate and change provisions on criminal history record checks for firearms and explosives
Brewer
LB-925
Adopt the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act
Aguilar
LB-1036
Provide for issuance of free annual combination fishing, fur-harvesting, and hunting permits, habitat stamps, aquatic habitat stamps, and Nebraska migratory waterfowl stamps to certain veterans and members of the armed forces of the United States
Vargas
LB-1339
Change provisions relating to possession of firearms in schools and authorize schools to provide emergency response mapping data to public safety agencies
 Brewer

 Current Nebraska Statutes:

Statute Description Additional Info
69-2432 Article 21 Concealed Carry Permit Act Entire provision for concealed carry
14-102 Additional Powers Additional powers granted to cities
 15-255  Public Safety; measures to protect
 15-256  Public Safety; disturbing the peace; power to punish
 16-227  Riots;disorderly conduct; use of explosives; weapons; vagabonds; lights; bonfires; regulations
 17-556  Public Safety; firearms; explosives; riots; regulation
 28-308  Assault in the first degree; penalty
 28-309  Assault in the second degree; penalty
 28-310  Assault in the third degree; penalty
 28-311.01  Terroristic threat; penalty
 28-1201  Terms, defined
 28-1202  Carry concealed weapon; penalty; affirmative defense
 28-1203  Transportation or possession of machine guns, short rifles, or short shotguns; penalty; exception
 28-1204  Unlawful Possession of a handgun; exceptions; penalty
 28-1204.01  Unlawful transfer of a firearm to a juvenile; exceptions; penalty; county attorney; duty
 28-1204.02  Confiscation of firearm; disposition
 28-1204.03  Firearms and violence; legislative findings
 28-1204.04  Unlawful possession of a firearm at a school
 28-1205  Use of deadly weapon to commit a felony; possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony
 28-1206  Possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person
 28-1207  Possession of a defaced firearm
 28-1208  Defacing a firearm
 28-1209  Failure to register tranquilizer guns
 28-1210  Failure to notify sheriff of tranquilizer guns
28-1229 Explosives control; Nebraska State Patrol; Permits; issuance; conditions  More info here Covers use of Tannerite or Binary Targets