The legislature has a number of bills introduced already this year that have to do with gun rights. I hope everyone with a stake in the outcome will read them and communicate their thoughts to their respective legislators. Most of the bills I've seen are aimed at lessening the restrictions on gun ownership or carry, but the wording is not necessarily what many 2A rights enthusiasts would want. There is that group that thinks we don't need these bills because the Bill of Rights and the Nebraska constitution already provide all the rights we need. I don't necessarily disagree with them, but unfortunately, the state has taken measures that effectively limits those rights, constitutional or not. In order to combat these infringements, we either need a court case to push that idea and get these infringements repealed, or we need to chip away at them with specific amendments to current law.
My best guess is that chipping away, is the method that will most likely get us closer to our goal. Certainly, if someone were to push the envelope and take a case to the Supreme Court (Nebraska or federal), it could be a one-stop-shop of gun rights. I just don't think we'll get such a case any time soon, or if we did, that the court(s) would find on our side.
In any case, the fact that there are some "extreme view" constitutionalists out there is not a bad thing. It keeps the anti-gun crowd in check to a degree because I think they see the same problem from their own perspective. They realize that the courts are not likely to find that gun ownership/carry is not protected by the Constitution except for the case of the military (militia). Instead, the courts will argue that people have the right to keep and bear arms, with reasonable restrictions. Therefore, the anti-gunners are as willing to chip away as we are to further their goal (eliminating guns in the public sector). Without the hardliners arguing for complete freedom in regard to gun control, they might feel they can nibble away at our rights until there are none left. With the hardliners, they realize there is a segment of society that will never accept that situation.
