"69-2441. (1)(a) A permitholder may carry a concealed handgun anywhere in Nebraska, except any: Police, sheriff, or Nebraska State Patrol station or office; detention facility, prison, or jail; courtroom or building which contains a courtroom; polling place during a bona fide election; meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or other political subdivision; meeting of the Legislature or a committee of the Legislature; financial institution; professional, or semiprofessional athletic event; building, grounds, vehicle, or sponsored activity or athletic event of any public, private, denominational, or parochial school or private or public university, college, or community college; place of worship; hospital, emergency room, or trauma center; political rally or fundraiser; establishment having a license issued under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act that derives over one-half of its total income from the sale of alcoholic liquor; place where the possession or carrying of a firearm is prohibited by state or federal law; a place or premises where the person, persons, entity, or entities in control of the property or employer in control of the property has prohibited permitholders from carrying concealed handguns into or onto the place or premises; or into or onto any other place or premises where handguns are prohibited by law or rule or regulation."
Obviously this meant nothing to the gunman.
Of course not, nor was it designed to. No law is ever enacted with the intent of controlling criminals, they are enacted to control law abiding citizens. Criminals by definition disregard the law anyway.
The real idea behind Nebraska's sign law and similar laws in other states is two fold. First, it's a feel good measure for the PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. (sort of like Disneyworld's "security bag check"). It's not there to make a real impact on criminals it's just a show to make the average drone feel better. Second, it provides the property owner with some (albeit limited) defense and statutory protection from victim lawsuits over crazed gunmen.
The property owner truly has very few viable options short of installing metal detectors at every door. Other options such as armed security guards and having no weapon policy each have significant legal drawbacks for the property owner. The property owners are in a no-win situation.
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