There are no new carry laws taking effect in 2022, thank God. The efforts of a diverse group of lobbyists defeated the proposal that originally would allow CCW to be banned on pretty much all private property. This was watered down to just casinos because MGM is too cheap to hire armed security and wanted Metro to be their anti-gun thug police. Go read the blog archives about the 2021 legislative session for details. So no new wins and no new losses for carrying. Technically, barring the stay on possession of "unfinished" 80% receivers, the 80% gun ban went into effect, but it is a crap law. It's hard to enforce and I doubt that anyone owning an 80% receiver who isn't a felonious scumbag would ever be charged. Frankly, I don't care about this law. Half of the point of law abiding gun owners owning 80% weapons is so that the government doesn't know what you have. Those of you worried about "how to" register your 80% guns need to eff right back to California. So bottom line, you're not buying an 80% lower in Nevada for the time being. Buy in person out of state and keep your mouth shut. I care so little about this (and you should to) I'm not wasting the time to link to the law. Remember that 2022 is an election year. Mainly so we can have a clean conscience, vote Republican (and for the actual conservatives, of which Joe Lombardo is not). If you live in the right area of Henderson or the southwest valley, vote against the bark-at-the-moon sack of crap Sandra Jauregui. As for this year, buy 'em cheap and stack it deep. Don't stop stacking and preparing. Have long term food as well. Inflation is going up and we're primed for an economic collapse. Kill the economy and have another election stolen and the shit will hit the fan. The title of this post was going to be "How restrictions make it easier for the police," but that wasn't catchy, so I changed it. In short, Metro had a press conference about how you can't have bags, strollers, coolers, or glass bottles (etc.) on the Strip on New Year's Eve. What they really don't want is someone beating people over the head with a beer bottle or people concealing bombs in large items on the Strip. The Boston bombers used pressure cookers concealed in backpacks. Someone could easily stuff a similar device or another kind of bomb in a suitcase and pretend to be a tourist. Boom, a BAD THING just happened. With the backpack ban, this is one risk that is mitigated. Illegal bags can be intercepted at control points or searched/interdicted on the Strip. Instead of one bag among thousands, it's one bag that needs dealt with. Probably nothing, but better safe than sorry. Of course you can still wear a jacket because it's December/January and it's literally freezing this time of year. A halfway intelligent bomber would wear a suicide vest under his jacket because then he's just a dude in a jacket until he isn't any longer. Nothing the cops can do about it unless magic surveillance devices can see under his coat. All the ban does is make it easier to deal with bag-borne bombs. The bad guys can still get around the ban. Sure, cops know this but at least this way the non-suicidal bombers are seriously stymied in their operations. You have to be willing to die or think of some way to smuggle smaller weapons in and hope the crowd doesn't beat you to death after they notice you trying to light the fuse on a pipe bomb. Las Vegans would probably do just that to a terrorist too. When it comes to gun laws, all they do is make it easier to cops to bust bad guys. If carrying guns are banned, the bad guy can get busted for carrying one. A cop doesn't have to worry about warrants or evidence of another crime. Shady dude with a criminal history is packing heat and he's done for. This is why cops don't like constitutional carry because now all they have is a shady guy who they think is up to no good but nothing to arrest him for. Citizen carriers know that a criminal will carry if they want to despite the law. They will go unchecked most of the time. We know that where there is a will, there is a way. No law prevents an armed criminal from going armed; only being caught or killed when he does something stupid. Making things easier on the cops doesn't help keep average folks safe, it just disarms us. Now there is no parallel between bombs and guns here, so don't get that idea, but the "why" Metro is enforcing the bag ban is a useful comparison to explain gun control. Some good lessons here. 1. Don't shoot when it's super dry and everyone is freaking out about fire danger, especially when your target is in dry leaves or whatever. 2. Don't commit firearm felonies, especially if you are being stupid. 3. Don't leave anything behind, especially earplugs or anything that was in your mouth or body (DNA). 4. Don't search for things that may be used against you in an open web browser. Lock your computer, encrypt it, clear your history, use the secret p-rno browing mode. 5. Don't break gun laws in California, especially if you are stupid. So it looks like these guys will go to prison for the gun charges and be bankrupted over the fire. Don't be stupid. Draw your own conclusions. Review Journal story here, read it first Long story short, in the continuing lawfare attack on gun manufacturers, a suit against them by October 1 (the Mandalay Bay shooting) victims got tossed. What is interesting is the reference to state preemption of firearms laws, which the court admitted they had no discretion over. Quite the difference from the Flores case where they pulled their preemption interpretation out of their ass. Anyhow, scumbag attorneys and hoplopaths are trying to breakdown federal and state laws that protect gun manufacturers from criminal misuse of their products. You know, like suing Oneida because their spoons make people fat, Coors because their beer sucks (I mean causes people to drive drunk), and Ford because idiots kill people with their cars. So another win for our side and a humiliating loss for these idiots. Of course, since lawyers are whores...well, I'll just leave it there. We all have heard the commentary before. Anyhow, the broken clock was right today. Ammoland is reporting that AB 286, the "ghost gun" ban is basically getting gutted by a judge. This ban is basically a bill of attainder without the explicit reference to Polymer 80, which is by far the largest finish-it-yourself 80% manufacturer of at least pistols. We're sure that legions of appeals by the state will be seen. California, Congress, and the ATF are all trying to make it difficult and illegal for you to build you own gun. If they succeed, criminals will just have to go back to stealing them. This story isn't over by a mile.
How's that open carry ban working for you Kroger? Yeah, not so much.
Anyhow, this is why you carry a gun and why, if someone runs into the store with a rifle, you run out. Remember you can use emergency exits and go through the employee only areas. Don't be a hero; your gun is to shoot your way out, not be John Wick. Glad this ended peacefully. Sorta. The Nevada Carry blog was started at Blogspot way back when in order to catalog Nevada 2A related news, updates, and community opinions. It, along with Facebook, was a way to organize what had been collected in disparate gun forums, groups, and websites. I also got to share my opinions, research, and insights. However, our low attention span society doesn't like to read. Apart from a few big posts, like breaking the news about the 2015 preemption bill being signed, the blog never got much traffic. Niche stuff doesn't do it for most people and it is also very hard to break into the grassroots guns blogging world. Thus, the effort put into this got lower and lower. So now it's for the occasional explanation of things, rants, commentary, etc. A handful of regular readers isn't worth my time and effort, sorry. I'll post when I want to. So I'm keeping the blog mostly Nevada focused. Remember, this website isn't about the blog, it's about the information. It's done a terrific job informing Nevadans about their right to bear arms and exactly how they can do that. Along with M and E of Facebook, the three of us helped the 2A movement succeed in Nevada in tackling preemption and normalizing open carry. Essentially, we won the 2A battle in Nevada...at least until Bloomberg bought the legislature. Anyhow, you, the average people, with a very small official lobbyist presence in Carson City, helped change Nevada for the better. All we did was start the conversation. Reno banned whips downtown without a permit because homeless people are apparently using them against each other. Never mind getting rid of the homeless that plague beautiful downtown Reno like rats, we have to ban whips. Article here. Okay, so it makes sense, kinda, but what's gonna happen when the homeless switch to other weapons or just use their fists and feet? Government is really stupid, especially the liberal retards on the Reno City Council. This is why local authorities can't be trusted to make gun laws. Once upon a time, Reno banned open carry because a mentally ill escapee got off a bus openly carrying and the ass of a police chief thought that a law was the solution. It is legal to carry a concealed large unconventional pistols, like AR/AK pistols, if you have a concealed firearms permit. Technically, this includes carrying them in a firearm case vs. under clothing large enough to conceal them. Nevada is an “on the person state,” meaning any bag or container carried where the firearm is not “discernible by ordinary observation” makes the gun concealed, and thus handguns require a permit. NRS 202.3653 defines “Concealed firearm” as "a loaded or unloaded handgun which is carried upon a person in such a manner as not to be discernible by ordinary observation." The definition of a “Handgun” is referred to 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(29), which states: “The term ‘handgun’ means — (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.” By black-letter law, it is technically illegal to carry anything that isn’t a handgun concealed, including a rifle or shotgun in a long-gun case, even if the case is obviously a gun case. NRS 202.350 (d)(3) prohibits carrying concealed upon the person a "pistol, revolver or other firearm, other dangerous or deadly weapon or pneumatic gun." 8.(a) defines "concealed weapon" as "a weapon described in this section that is carried upon a person in such a manner as not to be discernible by ordinary observation." NRS 202.3653 to 202.369, the concealed firearm permit sections, provide an exemption for handguns only. This is legislative oversight and we have no information anyone has ever been charged with a crime for this, especially anyone innocently carrying a gun to a range, etc. (including cased handguns). Officers tend to use their discretion here and any such arrest would likely not be charged by the DA or withstand a trial or legal challenges. In other words, don't worry about it. If the government ever presses the issue, they'll have to make legion of exemptions as California does or basically forcibly encourage anyone going to the range with a long-gun openly carry it (which the politicians and cops won't want people to do). So long story short, if you have a CCW, yes, you can carry your AR/AK or whatever pistol concealed. The erroneous belief likely stems from the days of “blue cards” when police would refuse to register such weapons or when revolver/semi-auto qualifications were required for a CCW. The anti-gun/anti-OC boycott list has been updated. Of course major casinos and notable businesses that have such policies may not be on here, but you already know them, don't you? From Reader Tom. |
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