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Article: POLICE OFFICERS SUPPORT MAYOR'S EFFORTS TO BAN CONCEALED WEAPONS IN LINCOLN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 6, 2006
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The city of Lincoln issued the following news release:
Officers in the Lincoln Police Union today announced their support for Mayor Coleen J. Seng's proposal to prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons within Lincoln's city limits. The Mayor introduced the local ban on concealed weapons June 26. The City Council has scheduled a public hearing on the ordinance for its July 31st meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m.
Last spring, the State Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law a bill that will allow people to carry concealed weapons in Nebraska beginning January 1, 2007. A separate existing State law gives cities, including Lincoln, the power to prohibit the carrying of concealed ...