{"id":99952,"date":"2024-02-10T06:01:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=99952"},"modified":"2024-02-10T06:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T12:01:26","slug":"99952","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=99952","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/nation-world\/story\/2024-02-09\/judge-blocks-omahas-ban-on-guns-in-public-places-while-lawsuit-challenging-it-moves-forward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge blocks Omaha\u2019s ban on guns in public places while lawsuit challenging it moves forward<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OMAHA, Neb. \u2014 Nebraska\u2019s largest city won\u2019t be able to enforce its ban on guns on all public property, including parks and sidewalks, while a lawsuit challenging that restriction moves forward.<br \/>\nDouglas County District Judge LeAnne Srb issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking that ban, but she refused to put Omaha\u2019s restrictions on \u201cghost guns\u201d and bump stocks on hold.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Justice Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association arguing that the city restrictions violate a new state law passed last year that allows people to carry concealed guns across the state without a permit and without the need to complete a gun safety course. A similar lawsuit challenging gun restrictions in Lincoln remains pending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled with the court\u2019s decision to grant this injunction and uphold Nebraskans\u2019 rights against executive overreach,\u201d said Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center. \u201cUnder Nebraska law, local governments do not have the authority to regulate firearms \u2014 the right to bear arms is protected across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just before gun owners filed these lawsuits, Nebraska Attorney General Michael Hilgers published an opinion stating that state law preempts executive orders from the mayors restricting guns.<\/p>\n<p>Omaha City Attorney Matt Kuhse said \u201cwhile it is unfortunate that the court enjoined the city\u2019s ability to protect our public spaces, we will abide by this order.\u201d But the city will continue to fight the lawsuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge blocks Omaha\u2019s ban on guns in public places while lawsuit challenging it moves forward OMAHA, Neb. \u2014 Nebraska\u2019s largest city won\u2019t be able to enforce its ban on guns on all public property, including parks and sidewalks, while a lawsuit challenging that restriction moves forward. Douglas County District Judge LeAnne Srb issued a preliminary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=99952\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,50,8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courts","category-goobermint","category-rkba","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99953,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99952\/revisions\/99953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}