LINCOLN- Just a week after shouting from the Legislative Chamber balcony following the passage of Sen. Brewer's LB77, Melody Vaccaro, executive director of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence, was informed that she would be allowed back into the Capitol after being indefinitely barred. Vaccaro recently yelled "Shame!" while pointing to senators who had voted to advance LB77, a bill that would allow the permitless concealed carry of handguns, and was promptly escorted out of and banned from the Nebraska Capitol.

LB77, which overcame the filibuster on a 33-14 vote, was signed into law by Governor Jim Pillen last Tuesday. Vaccaro received a letter late last week indicating that her ban was, in fact, not indefinite, and that it would only remain in effect for seven days. "As previously explained, this bar does not prohibit you from entering the Capitol Complex Area for official business, all matters that deal with the Legislature, and events in the Capitol Complex Area," stated the letter.

However, the language contained in the most recent letter conflicts directly with the earlier notice, which stated that Vaccaro was "banned and barred from the Nebraska State Capitol and Nebraska State Capitol grounds." Vaccaro's attorney, Daniel Gutman, argued that the mixed signals sent by the Nebraska State Patrol indicate larger problems surrounding the ban and bar policy utilized at the Nebraska Capitol.

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