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OMAHA SENATOR JOHN MCCOLLISTER AMENDED IT. NEBRASKA IS AN OPEN CARRY STATE, AND THESE TWO OMAHA MEN PUT THE LAW TO THE TEST FRIDAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL. >> JUST BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN. IT’S JUST PART OF OUR RIGHTS AND WE HAVE TO RESPECT OUR RIGHTS. MICHELLE: WITH THEIR A.R. 15’S SLUNG ON THEIR CHESTS, THE MEN PROUDLY STOOD IN THE HALLWAY, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHER GUN RIGHTS SUPPORTERS. >> I WOULD ARGUE THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD FEEL SAFER WITH THIS BECAUSE WITH THE RIGHT HANDS AND THE RIGHT TRAINING, ANYONE CAN BE SAFE. MICHELLE: THEY’RE HERE, THEY SAY, TO SAVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT, THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. >> YOU START WITH SMALL LAW SAYING YOU’RE GOING TO BACK ON CHECKS. AND THEN IT GETS PASSED ON YOUR GONNA DO THIS, AND IT KEEPS GROWING TO WHERE WE END UP WITH NO GUNS AT ALL, GOING TO TAKE YOUR TOTAL RIGHTS AWAY. MICHELLE: A MUCH SMALLER GROUP, HERE TO SUPPORT THE GUN BILLS, SAY THEY CAME TO PROTECT LIVES. >> WE’VE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILD CARE AND TO BE HERE ON OUR OWN FUNDING, ON OUR OWN DIME. NOBODY RENTED US A PARTY BUS TO BRING US IN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. MICHELLE: THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TOOK UP A PAIR OF PROPOSED BILLS. L.B. 958 WOULD PROHIBIT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIME OR WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF A PROTECTION ORDER FROM BUYING OR POSSESSING A WEAPO SENATOR MACHAELA CAVANAUGH, WHO INTRODUCED THE BILL, TESTIFIED HALF OF ALL WOMEN KILLED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS DIE BY GUN VIOLENCE. L.B. 816 WOULD ADD TRAINING ABOUT SUICIDE PREVENTION TO CONCEAL CARRY SAFETY COURSES, EXPAND THE LENGTH OF TIME TO PERFORM BACKGROUND CHECKS FROM THREE TO FIVE DAYS, PLUS ADD A MANDATORY TWO DAY WAITING PERIOD TO BUY FIREARM >> YOU CAN TELL HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE GUNS AND WHO WANTS GUNS. THE PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAY ARE MOSTLY MEN ACCESS DEADLY TO WOMEN AND VIOLENCE MAINLY FROM MEN. MICHELLE: SOME LAWMAKERS AND OTHER GUN RIGHTS ADVOCATES URG THOSE SUPPORTERS NOT TO BRING THEIR WEAPONS TO THE CAPITOL, SAYING IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE. NOW FROM HERE, THAT COMMITTEE WILL MEET AGAIN TO DECIDE IF IT WILL GO TO THE FULL LEGISLATURE. REPORTING LIVE IN LINC