LINCOLN- Last week, Lancaster County District Judge Andrew Jacobsen threw out a civil lawsuit brought by the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association against the City of Lincoln. The group of gun owners brought this suit in an attempt to make the city rescind its ban on guns in city-owned areas. The judge agreed with the city in that the group lacked standing to bring a case because a weapons policy has to be challenged through an alleged injury or future injury.

Lincoln's mayor, Leirion Gaylor Baird, voiced the city's pleasure at the dismissal of the case. She stressed the importance of protecting public safety for the entire community while in spaces managed by the city. A case was brought in Douglas County over a similar ban, where it was argued that the group was only suing over potential consequences from a loosely enforced rule.

While some believe that state law protects the right to carry in public, in both cases it was concluded that any injury suffered by the policy change is conjectural and hypothetical. There has also been a lack of substantial evidence that there has been any threat of enforcement toward someone violating the ordinance. The ordinance does prohibit weapons in public places, but it has no penalty or enforcement attached to it.

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