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Concealed weapons bill clears hurdle
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Updated: May 18, 2011 | 7:56 a.m.
CARSON CITY -- A bill to streamline the concealed weapons permitting process for semi-automatic weapons will get a vote on the state Senate floor after receiving a unanimous nod Tuesday from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Under Assembly Bill 143, applicants would have to be certified once to carry any semi-automatic weapon they own as a concealed weapon. Nevada currently requires owners be certified for each separate weapon they own but does not have a parallel rule for revolvers.
The bill's sponsor, Assemblyman David Bobzien, D-Reno, said the difference in state law is a quirk.
"If you are qualified for one semi-automatic firearm on your permit, you should be qualified for any one that you happen to possess," he told the committee. "It's an issue of parity between how the law addresses revolvers and how the law addresses semi-automatic handguns."
He said it's common sense that owners should not have to qualify for each semi-automatic weapon they possess.
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Blue card registration, was put in effect back in the Bugsy Segal days, as the police wanted to know what kind of weapons the mob was carring. Sure, all the mob members registered their guns. What a joke. This entire ruling should be scrapped, it's just for money. Why is only Clark and mabey I think Washoe County, requires this. A background check for criminal and mental ill people, I agree with.
It is about time the legislature acted to remove the stupid requirement that a person must have every semiauto handgun listed on their CCW. What part of "infringed" do these people not understand???
On May 20 this billed passed the Senate. YAY!! Now get rid of registration. It is a waste of time and since LVMPD gets no $$ for it and no one else in the state does it and now the CCW allows oyu to carry ANY semi once you qualify for one, it is time to kill this other archaic law that was allowed to be grandfathered in. The government should not be allowed to track what guns I own. It is none of their business.
"Wallbangers wrote on May 18, 2011 03:36 PM: What part of "shall NOT be infringed" don't people understand??"
I never understood the part of militia in that Amendment.
How benevolent. A lot of good arguments are based on assumptions. Nevada laws do not supersede the U.S. Constitution. The State can tell a lie long enough and put enough people in jail because of the law that the subjects are forced to believe. Doesn't this make the State the criminal?. "INFRINGED"
I like this law fairly well, one gun does pretty much the same as another, but I would like to see more of an educational standard on the CWP certification. I'd like to see more of an emphasis on what bullets do when they are fired. Guns don't kill people. people kill people.
What part of "shall NOT be infringed" don't people understand??
Our military, law enforcement, and ELECTED OFFICIALS need to HONOR THEIR OATH TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION!!!
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Excellent bill! Bravo to Assemblyman David Bobzien, D-Reno who seems to be the only one in Carson City who knows what's what. All revolvers work the same and basically all automatics do as well. With different positions for safety latch being the only one. With this bill it will make it easier for good citizens to be armed, different seasons require different weapons to wear. And hopefully make all these thugs think twice before attacking any citizen. As long as you've got a card for the weapon, what's the difference? You've got your permit and you're good to go.
@Gerry: While all Glocks operate the same there is some difference in handling. I own a Model 22 and Model 27. They are both .40 but the 27 has a much smaller grip making the handling a little different. By the same token there is a lot of difference in handling a 2 1/2" snub nose .38 and a 10 1/2" .44 Magnum, not that you could reasonably carry the second one concealed.
Arizona recently passed a concealed law that allows ALL residents who can legally own a firearm to be able to legally carry concealed! Between that law and Sherrif Jo, I'm looking for land in Maricopa County!